Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías

Skirmishes near Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas
Part of the Dominican War of Independence
Azua Province
Date 13-18 March 1844 Location Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province - Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province Result Haitian victory
Belligerents
Dominican Republic	Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Manuel de Regla Mota Gen. José María Cabral	Gen. Souffrand Col. Auguste Brouard
Strength
500 (estimated)	10,000 (estimated)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías and Las Hicoteas (Spanish: Batalla de Cabeza de Las Marías y Las Hicoteas) were the first military engagements of the Dominican War of Independence and were fought between the 13 and 18 March 1844, at Cabeza de Las Marías, near Neyba, Baoruco Province and Las Hicoteas, near Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of roughly 500 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General Manuel de Regla Mota, encountered an outnumbering force of roughly 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Souffrand and was routed, fleeing to Azua de Compostela.

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• Porter, David Dixon (1846). Diario de una misión secreta a Santo Domingo: 1846. Editora de Santo Domingo. ISBN 9788484010197.