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The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place during the Haitian Revolution.[1]
Siege
In October, the rebel army commanded by General Dessalines, a force of 22,000 men, laid siege to the city of Port-au-Prince. After a month of siege and several attacks,[2] the French troops commanded by Lavalette evacuate the place and retreat to the Cap-Français.[3]
Notes
- ^ Forsdick & Høgsbjerg 2017, p. 126.
- ^ Schœlcher 1982, p. 376.
- ^ Schœlcher 1982, p. 377.
Bibliography
- Forsdick, Charles; Høgsbjerg, Christian (2017). Toussaint Louverture: A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-3515-5.
- Schœlcher, Victor (1982) [1889]. Vie de Toussaint Louverture (in French). Éditions Karthala.
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