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1794-09-07

English frigate fires on the Guêpes and Toussaint retreats

Haitian

On 6 September 1794, the army of Toussaint-Louverture entered Saint-Marc through the Guêpes gate. The English held the town. Brisbane, their commander, taken by surprise, had only time to withdraw to Fort-Libre. The next day, while the besiegers were pillaging the town, an English frigate moored opposite the Guêpes and bombarded them. Toussaint then beat a retreat.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Guêpes (les).

Source  ·  p. t. II, p. 79 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. II) (1892), p. t. II, p. 79