Les Cardinaux. Taken by Toussaint.

On 13 Nivôse (2 January 1795) Toussaint came out of Fort Saint-Malo at the head of his cavalry and went to examine the enemy’s positions. He discovered a camp at Les Cardinaux and took it. He made out two other entrenchments, at Ducasse and at Pistau. As the one at Ducasse sat on a height commanded by another camp, he did not dare attack Pistau for fear of being surrounded. He returned to headquarters, where he assembled a council of war. He described the enemy positions to his lieutenants and exhorted them to make themselves masters of them. Commandants Moyse, Paparel, Dessalines and Noël asked with enthusiasm to march against the enemy and promised Toussaint to follow him everywhere. He resolved to take advantage of the good spirit of the army, which, though exhausted with fatigue, was full of ardor.