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{{Short description|1844 battle of the Dominican War of Independence}}
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| conflict = Battle of Fuente del Rodeo
| partof = the [[Dominican War of Independence]]
| image = Baoruco in Dominican Republic.svg
| caption = Baoruco Province
| date = 13 March 1844
| place = [[Baoruco Province]]
| result = Dominican victory
| combatant1 = [[Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg|border|22px]] [[Dominican Republic]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Haiti|civil}} [[Haiti]]
| commander1 = [[Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg|border|22px]] Fernando Taveras <br/>[[Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg|border|22px]] Vicente Noble <br/>[[Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg|border|22px]] Dionisio Reyes
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Haiti|civil}} [[Charles Rivière-Hérard]]
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| campaignbox = {{campaignbox Dominican War of Independence}}
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The '''Battle of Fuente del Rodeo''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Batalla de Fuente del Rodeo'') was the first armed encounter against [[Haiti]] in the [[Dominican War of Independence]]. It was fought on the 13 March 1844 in the province of [[Baoruco Province|Bahoruco]]. A force of Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of the South, led by General Fernando Taveras, defeated an outnumbering force of the Haitian Army led by [[Charles Rivière-Hérard]]. The Dominicans fought with stones, knives, machetes, lances, clubs and rifles.<ref>Caamaño Grullón, Claudio (2007). ''Caamaño: Guerra Civil 1965''. Tomo I. Mediabyte, pp. 10. {{ISBN|9789945130461}}.</ref><ref>Romero, Santo (2008). ''Raíces étnico-culturales y divisiones territoriales de nuestra isla''. Búho. {{ISBN|9789945162530}}.</ref>

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[[Category:Dominican War of Independence]]
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[[Category:Battles of the Dominican War of Independence|Fuente del Rodeo]]
[[Category:1844 in the Dominican Republic]]
[[Category:March 1844 events]]

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