Fort Jeantot. Carried by Romain, who left Christophe and Clervaux there

After the arrival of Christophe and Clervaux at Le Limbé, General Romain set out from that town at the head of his troops. When he reached the Jeantot plantation at the Haut-du-Cap, he carried the post there and left Generals Christophe and Clervaux in it to cover his retreat if he were repulsed. He divided his army into four columns, turned the forts of Bréda, Pierre-Michel, Charrier and Vertières, and assailed the heights that command the Cap * at four o’clock in the morning of 19 February. At that hour there was dancing at the Government palace, where a brilliant fête was being held. The first Indigenous column, led by Romain in person, carried with the bayonet the post of the Hôpital des Pères and Fort Bélair. The European troops were put to the sword. The second column assaulted Fort Bourgeois in the Ravine de la Providence; but it was vigorously repulsed by a battalion of the 77th. The third established itself on the morne of the town, level with the Espagne plantation; and the fourth, with Christophe and Clervaux, stood watching before the lines of the Haut-du-Cap. Masters of Bélair, the Indigenous established themselves on the crest of the morne that separates that fort from the river of the Haut-du-Cap. Communications between the town and the French outposts they had turned were cut along the road of La Fossette. The left of the Indigenous army, established at Bélair, saw its right extending as far as the Barrière-Bouteille. Never had the Cap been assailed at such close quarters.