Battle of Sabana de San Pedro

The Battle of Sabana de San Pedro was a military confrontation of the Dominican Restoration War that occurred on January 23, 1864. The Spanish army under the command of Field Marshal Antonio Abad Alfau would prevent the Dominican Liberation Army commanded by General Gregorio Luperón from penetrating where the defense line that protected the City of Santo Domingo passed and would reconquer the town of San Pedro in the process.

The Spanish victory would become for the independentists the most disastrous defeat suffered by the Dominican Liberation Army during the entire course of the war. General José Fco. López, who participated in the battle as a Sergeant of the San Quintín Regiment, would say, being an independentist, that "for a long time afterwards, he was worried about what the reason for that weakness of the Dominicans would be."