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Battle of Fuente del Rodeo
Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Baoruco in Dominican Republic.svg
Baoruco Province
Date 13 March 1844
Location
Baoruco Province
Result Dominican victory
Belligerents
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg Dominican Republic Haiti Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg Fernando Taveras
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg Vicente Noble
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg Dionisio Reyes		 Haiti Charles Rivière-Hérard

The Battle of Fuente del Rodeo (Spanish: Batalla de Fuente del Rodeo) was the first armed encounter against Haiti in the Dominican War of Independence. It was fought on the 13 March 1844 in the province of Bahoruco. A force of Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General Fernando Taveras, defeated an outnumbering force of the Haitian Army led by Charles Rivière-Hérard. The Dominicans fought with stones, knives, machetes, lances, clubs and rifles.

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