Battle of Azua

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Battle of March 19
Part of the
Azua de Compostela, Azua Province
Result Dominican victory
Belligerents Dominican Republic Haiti HaitiCommanders and leaders Gen. Pedro Santana
Gen. Antonio Duvergé Haiti Gen. Charles Rivière-Hérard
Haiti Gen. SouffrandStrength 2,200 regulars
2 artillery pieces 10,000 regularsCasualties and losses 2 killed, 3 wounded[1] 1,000 killed[1]

The Battle of Azua (

Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of some 2,200 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General Pedro Santana and General Antonio Duvergé defeated an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Souffrand.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Calhoun, John Caldwell; Wilson, Clyde Norman (1959). The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume 21. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 61.
  2. ISBN 9781782741251
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