Hellanos. The army of the North crosses the Ozama there

Dessalines at once ordered him to take up position on the left bank of the Ozama. The army of the North went up along the river, found a ford at Hellanos and crossed it without hindrance. Clervaux and Christophe placed their gabions facing the city, separated from it only by the Ozama. These works were completed under the fire of the French. Gabions were likewise set up on the right bank by Gabart’s division, on the rises of ground that command the northern line of the place. The besieging army, although the division of the South under Geffrard’s orders had not yet arrived, was about 24,000 men strong.