Battle of Sabana Larga

Date24 January 1856

Location

Sabana Larga, near Dajabón

Result Dominican victory

Battle of Sabana Larga
Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Dajabón Province
Date 24 January 1856 Location Sabana Larga, near Dajabón Result Dominican victory
Belligerents
Dominican Republic	Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Juan Luis Franco Bidó Gaspar Polanco Pedro Florentino Lucas de Peña Eusebio Puello	Faustin I of Haiti Jean-Hilaire Cayemite Trou Guerrier-Prophète
Strength
6,500–8,000[1][2]	8,000–22,000[1][2]
Casualties and losses
236 killed[1]	1,000+ killed[1] Hundreds of prisoners[1] 2 artillery pieces captured[1]

The Battle of Sabana Larga (Spanish: Batalla de Sabana Larga) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence. It was fought on 24 January 1856 in Sabana Larga, Dajabón. A force of 8,000 Dominican troops of the Army of the North, led by General Juan Luis Franco Bidó, defeated a numerically larger force of 22,000 Haitian troops under Emperor Faustin I.^[2] Another part of the Haitian Army was entrenched in Jácuba near Puerto Plata, but were defeated by Pedro Florentino and General Lucas de Peña.