Irois. Rigaud’s night assaults fail; the next day the English overthrow him on a neighboring height.

Rigaud was not discouraged. During the night that followed his retreat he attacked Les Irois again and delivered several assaults on the fortification without success. Perceiving that Colonel Degress, at the head of 350 men of the Black chasseurs of Prince Edward, was trying to turn him, he fell back and took up a position on a neighboring height. The next day the English, having united all their forces, attacked him and overthrew him. On 22 April a Republican battalion that had detached itself from the main body of the army surprised the town of Dame-Marie, gave it to the flames and withdrew. This bold diversion toward Jérémie did not shake the garrison of Les Irois.