The battle of March 30, 1844 consolidated our National Independence, was fought at Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, the Dominican patriots undertook a process of preparation that consisted in obtaining money for the purchase of arms. As a matter of fact, General Jose Maria Imbert, in command of a part of the army of the north, defeated the general Jean-Louis Pierrot, who commanded the troops of the Haitian army in a numerical relation superior in his favor.
After being defeated in the battle of March 19, the first battle after Dominican independence, the Haitians again invaded the newly created Dominican nation. On March 27, 1844, the general and commander of operations in Santiago, Jose Maria Imbert, was called by the Dominican
