Battle of Cambronal facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Battle of Cambronal |
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| Part of the Dominican War of Independence | |||||||
_(14576934860).jpg) Map of the Dominican Republic (1921) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Dominican Republic |
_-_Second_Empire_of_Haiti.svg){kind=small} Empire of Haiti |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Francisco Sosa |
Pierre Rivere Garat † |
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| 400 militia | 6,000 regulars | ||||||
The Battle of Cambronal (Spanish: Batalla de Cambronal) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on 22 December 1855, in Cambronal, near Neiba. A detachment of Dominican troops forming part of the Army of the South, led by General Francisco Sosa, defeated an outnumbering force of the Haitian Army led by General Pierre Rivere Garat.
See also
In Spanish: Batalla de Cambronal para niños
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