Battle of Fuente del Rodeo

The Battle of 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.[1][2]

Battle of Fuente del Rodeo
Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Date13 March 1844
Location
Baoruco Province
Result Dominican victory
Belligerents
Dominican Republic Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Fernando Taveras
Vicente Noble
Dionisio Reyes		 Charles Rivière-Hérard

References
  1. Caamaño Grullón, Claudio (2007). Caamaño: Guerra Civil 1965. Tomo I. Mediabyte, pp. 10. ISBN 9789945130461.
  2. Romero, Santo (2008). Raíces étnico-culturales y divisiones territoriales de nuestra isla. Búho. ISBN 9789945162530.

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