The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place during the
Haitian Revolution.
Siege
In October, the rebel army commanded by General
Dessalines
Dessalines ( ht, Desalin) wrongly referred to as ''Marchand-Dessalines'' ( ht, Machan Desalin), is a commune in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It is named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ru ...
, a force of 22,000 men, laid siege to the city of
Port-au-Prince. After a month of siege and several attacks, the French troops commanded by Lavalette evacuate the place and retreat to the
Cap-Français.
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