What the records say
- When
- 15 Apr 1844
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 18.48° N, 70.74° W
- Description
- 1844 first naval battle of the Dominican War of Independence
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Battle of Tortuguero
1844 battle of the Dominican War of Independence
The Battle of Tortuguero was the first naval battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on 15 April 1844 at Tortuguero, Azua Province. A force of three Dominican schooners led by Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso defeated a force of three vessels of the Haitian Navy.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale dominicaine sur Haïti à la bataille de Tortuguero”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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