Miragoâne. Ledoux orders its shore to be armed with cannon.

“In passing through Miragoâne, you will have the shore armed with the cannon you find there, and will entrust this important point to a hundred men of your choice, artillerymen as well as infantry, commanded by an officer of merit, capable, by his courage and his devotion to the cause, of preventing the main body of the army from being caught between two fires.