The Cap rebels capture the Saint Michel position

In 1865 it was occupied by the troops of the government of President Geffrard, operating against the rebels of the Cap. It threatened the town and Fort Bélair. In a sortie, the rebels of the Cap seized it on 27 September, but considerable forces were deployed against them. The position of the Moulin, fortified by the government, did immense harm to the insurgents, who seized it on 7 November at 6 o’clock in the morning. The garrison of the Moulin was made up of the national guard of Miragoâne and the 15th line regiment; it took flight. Reinforcements were sent to its relief, and the position of the Moulin was retaken by the government troops. Sergeant Major Favard, the volunteer Swell, some red jackets, Lieutenants Xavier and Beaubrun, Sub-lieutenants Roca and Jean Bart, Commandant Choisil, and the artilleryman Gros-Nègre, the last mortally wounded at the barrier of the fort, and the skirmisher Giléus Bestau, particularly distinguished themselves in the retaking of the fort of the Moulin. A photograph, now lost, represented this feat of arms, in which Pétion Faubert performed…

Rouzier tells this under the entry SAINT MICHEL.