Fort-Dauphin. Its Indigenous militia rises and Toussaint Brave breaks in with 1,400 men; the white townsmen flee to the corvette Sagesse, the 110th shelters in the fort; the French win in the center of the town; Quentin drowns his prisoners; the town remains blockaded.

Meanwhile Toussaint Brave, in the North, was closely investing Fort-Liberté. He kept up secret contacts with the Indigenous who made up the militia of that town under the orders of the French. Most of the Black men and men of color of the town formed a conspiracy in favor of the independents, who were to assail the French on the day it broke out. On 2 April 1803 the Indigenous of the town fell without warning on all the posts held by the 110th demi-brigade of the line. General Quentin, by his energy, foiled all the conspirators’ plans. But at the same moment Toussaint Brave, at the head of 1,400 independents, vigorously attacked the town and forced his way in. He entrenched himself in the streets, which were barricaded. The white townsmen, seized with terror, withdrew toward the shore and embarked on the corvette Sagesse. The 110th of the line took refuge in the fort. Half the crew of the corvette, commanded by Ship Lieutenant Barnesche, came to the aid of the garrison. General Quentin made a vigorous sortie against the independents; he was driven back into the fort. Adjutant-General Dumont made a fresh sortie and gave battle to Toussaint Brave in the center of the town. Both sides fought with fury. An artillery battalion commander, Orange, decided the victory in favor of the French by having a battery of three cannon set up against the Indigenous. Toussaint abandoned the field of battle and left the town with most of the Indigenous families who lived in it. Quentin had all his prisoners drowned. Fort-Liberté remained blockaded by the independents.