Pétion, Clervaux and Christophe lift the siege of the Cap

General Rochambeau was at that moment at Port-Républicain. The new captain general left his command to General Watrin, and arrived at the Cap on 17 November on the frigate the Embuscade. Watrin died 15 days later of yellow fever, and was replaced by General Brunet. Rochambeau reorganized his troops, and reestablished order in the administration. He was small and thin, but ferocious. His countenance was somber, his eyes small and lively. He bore the indigènes an implacable hatred. By his cruelties he put those among them who had still remained faithful to France before the alternative of extermination or insurrection. The town of the Cap was reduced to receiving its provisions only by sea, from Monte-Christ, where General Pamphile de Lacroix was in command. Exhausting themselves in vain efforts against the Cap, Pétion, Clervaux and Christophe raised the siege of it, and penetrated into the interior of the North on 9 November.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Cap-haïtien (le).