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1812-03-25

Christophe’s second siege of Port-au-Prince with 25,000 men

Haitian

On 25 March 1812, second siege of Port-au-Prince by Christophe with an army of 25,000 men and English engineers. General Magny, commanding the king’s vanguard, defected with his troops in favor of Pétion. This movement decided the lifting of the siege on 14 June.

Rouzier tells this under the entry PORT-AU PRINCE [le].

Source  ·  p. t. III, p. 471 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. III) (1927), p. t. III, p. 471