Petit-Goave. Entered by Dessalines, who takes three American prizes and much artillery there.

Dessalines entered Petit-Goâve on 3 May during the day. Without losing an instant he formed his army into three columns: the left was composed of the 7th and 8th demi-brigades, the center of the 4th, and the right of the 11th. He set off at the head of 8,000 men in pursuit of the Rigaudins. He caught up with them beyond the Acul. The troops of the South, 200 men of whom 30 were horsemen, were drawn up in line of battle around the buildings of a plantation. These brave men did not fear to await Dessalines without flinching; he attacked them vigorously at two in the afternoon. They withstood several impetuous charges. The 4th, which rushed upon them with the bayonet, was halted; the 8th came up, broke their ranks and routed them. All the officers of Toussaint’s army who were mounted formed a squadron, charged the fugitives and pursued them almost to the bridge of Miragoâne, the boundary between the departments of the South and the West. Dessalines returned to Petit-Goâve. There had fallen into his power three American ships laden with merchandise, which privateers of the South had captured; one 36-pounder; fourteen 24-pounders, one 18-pounder, eleven 4-pounders, and stores of every kind.