Pétion landed under fire at Jacmel with provisions and a company of the 2nd demi-brigade, and took command of the besieged town.

The four sails had the good fortune not to meet the American cruisers. They were entering the passes of Jacmel on the morning of 29 nivôse (19 January) when a barge came to announce to Pétion that the enemy had established a battery at the mouth of the river, within half musket range of the lines of the place. Suddenly, understanding how much a landing at anchor must expose him to the fusillade and cannonade of that battery, he ordered the landing under sail. The launches are put into the water. Pétion throws himself into them among the first. All imitate him. And, despite the fire of the enemy, at ten o’clock men, munitions and provisions were ashore (1).