Gilbert Néraud’s French routs Pétion’s independents at Pierrot

In December 1802 Pétion, at the head of the independents, came to establish himself there in order to march against the French at the Croix des Bouquets. On the 9th at 8 o’clock in the morning the French troops of the Croix des Bouquets, with Gilbert Néraud at their head, attacked Pétion. The indigènes repulsed them. Geffrard, Marinier and Jn. Louis François dashed in pursuit. General Gressinet, who commanded at Port-Républicain, sent reinforcements to Néraud, who threw himself on the indigènes with fresh fury. Struck down by grapeshot, the indigènes entrenched themselves in the great house of Pierroux. Gilbert Nérand had 4 cannon trained on them, and they were obliged to abandon the great house. The cavalry charged them and put them to rout. They owed their safety only to plunging into the fields that extended behind the Pierroux habitation.

Rouzier tells this under the entry PIERROT.