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1919-05-15

Gendarmerie detachment attacked by bandits at Hermite

Haitian

HERMITE (l’). Section of the commune of St.-Michel de l’Atalaye. On 15 May 1919 the detachment of the Gendarmerie of Haiti to which Gendarme Sergeant Elie Cantave belonged was attacked by bandits in superior numbers. Cantave was wounded and was decorated with the military medal on 23 June 1919 by President Dartiguenave.

Rouzier tells this under the entry HERMITE (l’).

Source  ·  p. t. III, p. 16 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. III) (1927), p. t. III, p. 16