Laplume takes possession of Port-Républicain

On 8 May, General Maitland had finished embarking all his munitions and his troops. The next day, he left for the Môle. In the afternoon of the same day, 9 May, General Laplume took possession of Port Républicain. Shortly afterward, Toussaint sent the colonel of the 8th colonial, Christophe Morney, to take command of the town. He himself came there in the midst of a dazzling triumph. The general in chief entrusted the command of the arrondissement to the Adjutant General Huin, a white colonist,

Rouzier tells this under the entry PORT-AU PRINCE [le].