Santo Domingo Affair

Santo Domingo Affair
Part of the Banana Wars

"After the first shot has been fired. USS Columbia"
Date1–11 February 1904
Location
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 in 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.


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