Jérémie. Blockaded by Rigaud; evacuated by the English; occupied by Dartiguenave.

After this action General Rigaud sent Adjutant-General Blanchet to Maitland at the Môle to treat for the surrender of Jérémie. Maitland, while consenting to the evacuation of that town, had Rigaud offered the dispatch to him of all the Black and colored troops under his orders, if Rigaud would consent to submit to the British government. Rigaud answered that he treated with the enemies of France only when they had laid down their arms. He entered the Grand’Anse with a corps made up of the troops of the South, the Legion of the West and a battalion from Jacmel. After several combats he arrived beneath the walls of Jérémie, which he closely blockaded. The English refused to treat for the surrender of the place with an enemy general implacable toward the British government; they evacuated it on 22 August and sailed for the Môle, which became the only point where the English flag still flew. Colonel Dartiguenave, at the head of one of the regiments of the South, took possession of Jérémie.