Rochambeau’s squadron takes Port-de-Paix from Capoix

On 8 January 1803 General Rochambeau had Port-de-Paix taken from Capoix: the ship Duquesne, commanded by Querangal, the frigate Sybile, commanded by Magendie, the corvette Sandwich, the brig Aiguille and the schooner Sophie presented themselves before the town. The squadron, which Quérangal commanded, carried troops under the orders of General Clausel. They landed to the east of the Petit Fort amid the bullets that the indigènes were raining on the launches coming to the shore. Capoix repulsed an assault made on the Petit Fort. The French attacked Fort Laveaux, which they took at the bayonet point. The sailors seized the Grand Fort. Fort Pageot and the Petit Fort remained in the power of the indigènes. The Adjutant General Ramel dashed from Laveaux against Pageot under the fiercest fire of the Petit Fort. He had an arm shattered by a bullet and was driven back. Clausel returned to the assault: he entered without a blow into the fortification that the indigènes had abandoned. The squadron directed all its fire against the Petit Fort, which the independents still occupied. Capoix…

Rouzier tells this under the entry PORT-DE-PAIX.