The independents stormed the Môle

At the time of the general insurrection of the cultivators of the North against the French, in 1802, Capoix, their leader, ordered those of the Mole to attack the town; but they were repulsed by General Noailles. On 18 November finally, the independents, having received new reinforcements from Capoix, assaulted the town. The French, routed on the ramparts, were pursued into the place. The white townspeople, seized with fright, embarked in disorder on the American ship the Pénélope: three officers of the garrison who had saved themselves aboard put a pistol to the captain’s throat, mistreated the sailors, and forced them to set sail for Port Républicain.

Rouzier tells this under the entry MOLE SAINT-NICOLAS.