Santo Domingo Affair

Santo Domingo Affair
Part of the Banana Wars

"After the first shot has been fired. USS Columbia"
Date1 February 1904 – 11 February 1904
(1 week and 3 days)
Location
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Commanders and leaders
United States Richard Wainwright
United States Albert S. Mclemore		 Dominican Republic Carlos F. Morales
Dominican Republic Juan Isidro Jiminez
Strength
Land:
80 marines
250 sailors
Sea:
2 protected cruisers
1 auxiliary cruiser
1 steamship		 100 militia
1 fort
Casualties and losses
1 killed
1 wounded
1 steamer damaged
1 launch damaged		 Unknown
1 fort captured

The Santo Domingo Affair, or the Santo Domingo Crisis, refers to an incident from 1 February 1904 to 11 February 1904 involving the United States and Dominican militia forces in the Dominican Republic. After the death of a seaman from the USS Yankee on February 1, the U.S. military launched a punitive expedition which routed the Dominican forces.