Toussaint Louverture attacks the Spaniards at Grande-Rivière in five columns

On 31 December 1794, Toussaint-Louverture attacked the Spaniards established in this bourg. He formed five columns of his army: the first, under the orders of Commandant Moïse, passed by the Grand-Gilles; the second, under those of Commandant Charles, was to seize the camp Baujoin; the third, commanded by Noël, received the order to occupy the camp Buquet, situated at the Montagne-Noire; the fourth, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonels Jérôme and Flévaud, was to attack the camp Vauxel. He himself took command of the fifth. On 30 December, in the night, the army set out. After launching his columns against the points the enemy occupied, Toussaint marched in person against the camp Flamin and seized a fort after an assault. The enemy was routed on all sides. Toussaint ordered Dessalines to attack the camp Flamin, while the other columns made for the Crête Espagnole and assaulted all the posts that protected Flamin. After a vigorous assault, Dessalines took this camp, which the Spaniards abandoned. Toussaint made himself master of the fort Cambon and then advanced imprudently into the…

Rouzier tells this under the entry Grande-Rivière du Nord (la).