Les Cayes. Laplume ordered to burn it.

I am giving General Laplume the order to burn the town of Les Cayes, the other towns and all the plains; and in case he cannot resist the enemy’s force, then all the troops of the various garrisons and the cultivators will go to swell your numbers at Jérémie; you will come to a full understanding with General Laplume so that things are done well; you will employ all the women cultivators in planting food crops in great quantity. Try as far as lies in your power to inform me of your position. I rely on you entirely, and leave you master to do everything to deliver us from the most frightful yoke. I wish you good health. Greetings and friendship, Toussaint Louverture.