Siege_of_Port-au-Prince_(1803)

Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803)

Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803)

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The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place during the Haitian Revolution.[1]

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In 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

  1. [1]
    Forsdick & Høgsbjerg 2017, p. 126.
  2. [2]
    Schœlcher 1982, p. 376.
  3. [3]
    Schœlcher 1982, p. 377.

Bibliography

  • 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.
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