Battle of Guayacanes (1863)

The Battle of Guayacanes (Spanish: Batalla de Guayacanes de 1863) also known as the Action of Guayacanes, was a battle of the Dominican Restoration War where the Spanish royal army first under the command of Captain Florentino García (or Florentino Martínez), then replaced by the Captain of the Vitoria battalion Alejandro Robles and finally Captain José de los Ríos would face the Dominican independence army commanded by Gaspar Polanco, Benito Monción and Pedro Antonio Pimentel on August 22, 1863 during the reign of Isabel II of Spain.

The Dominican victory was one of the most violent battles of the war and three Spanish captains would die, but Captain Alverola was the only one who was executed by Gaspar Polanco, who had previously been in the Provincial Reserves of Santo Domingo. He would desert the royal army and join the independence ranks that same day. According to José de la Gándara, it was "one of the most heated events of the war, perhaps the most distinguished battle and the least known of that campaign.”