Bineau. Carried by the Indigenous

Lamour Dérance had left Pétion making his way toward Léogane through the gorges of the Rivière Froide. He had moved to Darbonne, where he had his headquarters, in the plain of Léogane. General Cangé, his first lieutenant, held Sarrebousse. The Indigenous had entrenched camps at Cassagne, at Petit and at Dampuce. Battalion Commander Laucoste, who commanded at Léogane, had set up at Bineau a post commanded by Captain Barthélemy, a Black man; and Fort Ça-Ira was under the orders of Captain Banglo, a Black man, until then attached to the French party. The main force on which Laucoste relied was made up of young Black men and men of color. But most of these young men went over one night to the ranks of the independents. Cangé saw arrive at Sarrebousse the Marions, the Mimi Bodes, the Heurtelous, the two Brisson brothers, men of color, and Colin, a Black man. Lamour Dérance at once named Marion adjutant-general and Mimi Bode colonel. He resolved to attack Léogane. In the following night, 23 Frimaire, the Indigenous carried the Bineau post; Mimi Bode took Fort Ça-Ira without striking a blow, Captain Banglo handing it over to him. The town, its communications with the sea cut, found itself closely invested.