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1861-07-06

Six Spanish warships anchor off Port-au-Prince with an ultimatum

Haitian

On Saturday 6 July 1861, at noon, six Spanish warships came to anchor in the roadstead of Port-au-Prince. Commander Escalante came ashore with an ultimatum demanding of the government a salute of 21 cannon shots in reparation for insults done to the Spanish flag, and an indemnity of $200,000 for depredation committed on the eastern frontiers by the Dominican General Cabral.

Rouzier tells this under the entry PORT-AU PRINCE [le].

Source  ·  p. t. III, p. 473 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. III) (1927), p. t. III, p. 473