The Battle of Azua (Spanish: Batalla de Azua) was the first major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on the 19 March 1844, at 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]
^ abCalhoun, John Caldwell; Wilson, Clyde Norman (1959). The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume 21. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 61.
The BattleofAzua (Spanish: Batalla de Azua) was the first major battleof the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on the 19 March 1844, at Azua...
rifles. After Santana's victory at the BattleofAzua on March 19, he retreated, allowing Hérard's forces to occupy Azua. The Dominicans shifted their military...
Haiti after a short war. In the first major battleof the Dominican War of Independence (the BattleofAzua on March 19, 1844), Haitian troops suffered...
the reign of Soulouque, Geffrard commanded an expedition against the Dominican Republic during which he was wounded at the BattleofAzua. He held the...
in the BattleofAzua, and that he always acted with a wrong vision of what the Republic was. He questioned the military glory and the idea of an invincible...
the army and face the Haitians, in the BattleofAzua, on 19 March 1844. During the development of this battle, contradictions began between Santana and...
Tortuguero, Azua Province. A force of three Dominican schooners led by Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso defeated a force of three vessels of the Haitian...
specifically in the BattleofAzua, Battleof Estrelleta, Battleof El Número, and the Battleof Las Carreras. During the annexation of Spain in 1861, Guillermo...
with the residents of Hincha and Azua killed 28 Frenchmen, imprisoned 9 and burned a large house with 4 huts. The residents ofAzua burned 300 hides in...
interrogation in Azua and the authorities gave him the choice between El Seibo , Santo Domingo or Azua, as a place of residence as a prisoner. He chose Azua and in...
army of Dessalines along with Henri Christophe raided through the interior Dominican towns Santiago and Moca, while Alexandre Pétion invaded Azua. On his...
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looting several towns, such as Azua and Moca, and finally laying siege to the city of Santo Domingo, the stronghold of the French. Henry Christophe (referred...
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