Battle of Palo Hincado

Battle of Palo Hincado
Part of the Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo
The Battle of Palo Hincado Monument in the Dominican Republic.
Date November 7, 1808; 215 years ago Location Near El Seibo, Colony of Santo Domingo 18°46′9.660″N 69°3′59.436″W / 18.76935000°N 69.06651000°W / 18.76935000; -69.06651000 Result Dominican-Spanish victory
Belligerents
Santo Domingo	France
Commanders and leaders
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]