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1802-03-11

Pétion crosses the Artibonite under fire

Haitian

They left Verrettes and tried to cross the Artibonite, where they were attacked by armed cultivators. On 11 March General Boudet ordered Adjutant General Pétion to cross the river. The latter plunged first into the water, under a rain of bullets, crossed the Artibonite opposite the habitation Labadie, cleared the ambush, and was followed by the whole Boudet division.

Rouzier tells this under the entry VERRETTES [les].

Source  ·  p. t. IV, p. 251 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. IV) (1928), p. t. IV, p. 251