Morne-Rouge. The broken Indigenous rallied there

The Indigenous column that had remained watching at the Haut-du-Cap under the orders of Christophe and Clervaux was attacked in its turn by the cavalry of the Guard of Honor under Neterwood and by the dragoons of the Cap under Claparède. Christophe and Clervaux formed in battalion squares and for three hours repulsed the most brilliant charges of the French cavalry. Clausel, to decide the victory in his favor, sent Claparède two companies of light artillery with two four-pounders. The round shot soon made breaches in the squares, which were broken by the dragoons. The Indigenous, sabered and scattered, did not rally until they reached Morne-Rouge. The French won a complete victory and pushed their outposts far out into the countryside. The Indigenous lost more than 700 men that day, and the French buried more than 500 of their own. Romain went to encamp again at Le Limbé; Christophe and Clervaux withdrew to Les Gonaïves. The captain-general complimented the Black and mixed-race National Guards on the intrepidity they had shown in the action and perfidiously promised them that the government would always give them its full solicitude.