1796-03-18
York legion occupies the Delval woods during the siege of Léogane
Haitian
On 18 March 1796 the York legion, which formed the right wing of the English army surrounding Léogane, occupied the woods of Delval and was exposed to the fire of the post of Miton.
Rouzier tells this under the entry Delval.
Source · p. t. I, p. 301
Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 301