| Battle of Palo Hincado | |||||||
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| Part of the Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo | |||||||
 The Battle of Palo Hincado Monument in the Dominican Republic. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Santo Domingo |
 France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Juan Sánchez Ramírez |
Jean-Louis Ferrand † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,800[1] | 500[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 52 killed and wounded | 400 killed, wounded and captured[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Palo Hincado (Palo Hincado Stands for "Kneeling Stick") was the first major battle of the Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo of the Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, that was occupied by the French in the Spanish West Indies. The site is in the present-day Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
The battle was fought on November 7, 1808, at Palo Hincado savanna, near El Seibo in the colony of Santo Domingo. A force of 1,800 pro-Spanish Dominican troops, led by General Juan Sánchez Ramírez, defeated a force of 500 troops of French Army of Napoleon, led by Governor General Jean-Louis Ferrand.[2]
- ^ a b c Clodfelter 2017, p. 145.
- ^ Picó, Fernando (2012). One Frenchman, Four Revolutions. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener Publishers. ISBN 9781558765627.