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1888-11-30

Government troops at fort Biassou beat the Northern separatists

Haitian

On 30 November 1888, the government troops encamped at fort Biassou defeated those of the separatists of the North. Two regiments of the North came to join them at Vallière. On 12 January 1889, Generals François Pierre and Anténor Jean Jacques made their triumphal entry there for the government of General Légitime. After the rout of General Piquant at Dessalines, Vallière was evacuated by the troops of the 1st army corps commanded by the minister of war A. Prophète; these troops made for the eastern part and returned to Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile the constituent St. Fleur Pierre maintained in the mountains of Vallière the authority of the government of President Légitime, who could send him no help, all the surrounding parts being in the power of the Northerners. To bring Vallière to lay down its arms, the provisional government of the Northerners was obliged to decree, on 3 July 1889, its creation as an arrondissement of the 4th class. The quartier of Mombin Crochu and the poste militaire of Cerca la Source are found in this arrondissement, and the fort Biassou. This arrondissement…

Rouzier tells this under the entry VALLIÈRE.

Source  ·  p. t. IV, p. 238 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. IV) (1928), p. t. IV, p. 238