Santo Domingo Affair
| Santo Domingo Affair | |||||||
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| Part of the Banana Wars | |||||||
"After the first shot has been fired. USS Columbia" | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Dominican Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Richard Wainwright Albert S. Mclemore |
Carlos F. Morales Juan Isidro Jiminez | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Land: 80 marines 250 sailors Sea: 2 protected cruisers 1 auxiliary cruiser 1 steamship |
100 militia 1 fort | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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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.