1803-01-16
Geffrard captures Anse-à-Veau
Haitian
On 16 January 1803, Geffrard took Anse-à-Veau from the French: the French garrison was put to the sword almost to a man. Adjutant General Bernard, who commanded there, escaped to Jérémie in a small vessel.
Rouzier tells this under the entry Anse-à-Veau (l’).
Source · p. t. I, p. 20
Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 20