1797-12-05
Pétion settles at Gros Morne after taking the fort of La Coupe
Haitian
On 5 December 1797, Pétion, having taken the fort of the Coupe (Pétion-ville) from the English, came to establish himself at the Gros Morne, investing Port-Républicain on that side.
Rouzier tells this under the entry Gros Morne (le).
Source · p. t. II, p. 73
Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. II) (1892), p. t. II, p. 73