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1799-11-22

Dessalines appeared before Jacmel, and the siege of the town began.

Haitian

Dessalines appeared before Jacmel on 1 frimaire (22 November). He established his headquarters on the Ménissier plantation, the guard of which he entrusted to the 4th, his former regiment. Laplume, with the 8th, 10th and 11th, occupied the high road near the Bassin-Caïman; Christophe, with the 1st, 2nd and 9th, the Ogé plantation. The first held the right of the siege, the second the left. The place, thus encircled, was attacked several times. Ogé, with his reserve, went everywhere and always repulsed the besiegers.

Source  ·  p. 81 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 2 (Paris: chez l'auteur, 1854), p. 81; English translation, Rasanblaj.