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1812-06-12

Christophe lifts the siege of Port-au-Prince

Haitian

In March 1812 Christophe came again to besiege Port-au-Prince and to devastate the plain of the Cul-de-Sac. The two armies met on Tuesday 24 March on the habitation Santo, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The enemy was superior in number. Colonel Per charged him vigorously at the head of the cavalry of the guard and routed him. Two flags and a few prisoners were taken from him. But, having rallied, he returned to the charge. Numbers then prevailed over courage. Boyer managed to extricate himself with great difficulty, and went to Drouillard to cover the town and rally his troops. Colonel Per was wounded. Several officers perished in this fight, among others Commandant Cantabre. Pétion hurried up from the South, but the soldiers of the division of Magny, having revolted and made their general prisoner, returned with him to Port-au-Prince, which decided Christophe to raise the siege on 12 June.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Cul-de-Sac (le).

Source  ·  p. t. I, p. 286 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 286