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1802-02-02

Fort Bélair. Leclerc demands its surrender.

Haitian

Aboard the Océan, 13 Pluviôse, Year 10. I learn with indignation, citizen general, that you refuse to receive the squadron and the French army that I command, on the pretext that you have no order from General Toussaint. France has made peace with England, and the government is sending to Saint-Domingue forces capable of subduing the rebels, if indeed any are to be found in Saint-Domingue. As for you, citizen general, I confess to you that it would pain me to count you among the rebels. I warn you that if today you have not had Forts Picolet and Bélair and all the other batteries of the coast handed over to me, tomorrow at daybreak fifteen thousand men will be landed. * Four thousand are landing at this moment at Fort-Liberté; eight thousand at Port-Républicain. ** You will find my proclamation enclosed; it expresses the intentions of the French government; but remember that, whatever particular esteem your conduct in the colony may have inspired in me, I hold you responsible for all that may happen.

Source  ·  p. 139 Thomas Madiou, Histoire d’Haïti, vol. II, p. 139