Siege of Port-au-Prince | |||||||
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Part of the Haitian Revolution | |||||||
![]() Port-au-Prince in 1800 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
22,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place from October to November 1803 during the Haitian Revolution. [1]
In October, 22,000 men of the rebel Indigenous Army under General Jean-Jacques Dessalines laid siege to the city of Port-au-Prince. After a month of siege and several attacks, [2] the defending French garrison under Jean-Pierre Marie Lavalette du Verdier evacuated the city and retreated to Cap-Français. [3]