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1808-11-07

Dominicans defeat the French at Palo Hincado

Haitian

The Dominicans, under the leadership of Don Juan Sanchez in revolt, won a victory there over the French on 7 November 1808. The French General Ferrand, who commanded there for France, took his own life. This affair brought about the withdrawal of the French from the country. The victors cut off the general’s head and carried it in triumph on the end of a pike. General Ferraud had always been kindly disposed toward the natives,

Rouzier tells this under the entry PALO HINCADO.

Source  ·  p. t. III, p. 345 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. III) (1927), p. t. III, p. 345