The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place during the Haitian Revolution.[1]
| Siege of Port-au-Prince | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Haitian Revolution | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 France |
.svg){kind=small} Haitian Rebels | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Jean-Pierre Marie Lavalette du Verdier |
Jean-Jacques Dessalines | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 men | 22,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Siege
editIn October, the rebel army commanded by General Dessalines, a force of 22,000 men, laid siege to the city of Port-au-Prince. After a month of siege and several attacks,[2] the French troops commanded by Lavalette evacuate the place and retreat to the Cap-Français.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Forsdick & Høgsbjerg 2017, p. 126.
- ^ Schœlcher 1982, p. 376.
- ^ Schœlcher 1982, p. 377.
Bibliography
edit- Forsdick, Charles; Høgsbjerg, Christian (2017). Toussaint Louverture: A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-3515-5.
- Schœlcher, Victor (1982) [1889]. Vie de Toussaint Louverture (in French). Éditions Karthala.