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1793-04-12

The frigate Fine is hit by shots from Fort Sainte Claire

Haitian

On 12 April 1793, the frigate the Fine received at the waterline two 24-pound shot fired from fort Ste. Claire, where Borel the Hunchback (Augustin), brother of the famous colonist Borel (Auguste), was in command; Borel met his death in this fort.

Rouzier tells this under the entry SAINTE CLAIR ou SAINT CLAIR.

Source  ·  p. t. IV, p. 87 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. IV) (1928), p. t. IV, p. 87