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Battle of Las Carreras
Part of the Dominican War of Independence

Depiction of the Battle of Las Carreras
Date21-22 April 1849
Location
Nearby Baní, Peravia Province
Result Decisive Dominican victory
Belligerents
Dominican Republic Haiti Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Pedro Santana
Gen. Antonio Duvergé
Gen. Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
Gen. Matías Ramón Mella
Haiti Faustin Soulouque
Strength
400–800 militia[1]
1 field gun
10,000–18,000 regulars
7 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
minimal 500+ killed[a]
7 artillery pieces captured

The Battle of Las Carreras (Spanish: Batalla de Las Carreras) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on the 21–22 April 1849, nearby Baní, Peravia Province. A force of 800 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General Pedro Santana, defeated an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by Faustin Soulouque.[3]

  1. ^ Scheina 2003.
  2. ^ Clodfelter 2017, p. 302.
  3. ^ Authors 2013.


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