The Battle of Guayacanes (1863) (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.

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.”[1] On August 20, 1863, when the news of the separatist uprising and the persecution of the independentists to the Brigadier Manuel Buceta arrived in Santiago, a column composed of 3 companies of the Vitoria battalion with 280 infantry, 50 horses of African hunters and 2 mountain pieces under the command of Captain Florentino García came to his aid, but they had no sign of Brigadier Manuel Buceta (he was in the mountains where he continued to be pursued), the only thing they found was Captain Alverola along with 3 soldiers, they also had no knowledge of his whereabouts.

[2][3] In the morning of August 22, 1863, in the town of the Guayacanes, while the Spaniards were still looking for Brigadier Buceta, they encountered the troops of the Dominicans under Benito Monción and Pedro Antonio Pimentel.

In that battle, Lieutenant Valentín Dañoveitia, despite having received a serious wound, continued the shrapnel fire until he fell dead with most of the gunners from the two pieces he commanded.

[citation needed] The Spanish troops were able to leave thanks to a Dominican peasant only known by the name Matías, who offered to lead them through the bushes and onto a road that led to Santiago.