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Revision as of 01:56, 7 December 2005
The Battle of Vertières, a defining campaign in the Haitian revolution, took place on 18 November , 1803. In this clash, south of Le Cap Haitians led by Jean Jacques Dessalines and Alexandre Pétion defeated the French troops under Rochambeau.
This last large battle of the Haitian Revolution (Haitian war of independence) was fought between Haitian rebels and French expeditionary forces on November 18, 1803 at Vertières.
Haitians led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and François Capois attacked a strong French-held fort of Vertières, near Cap François (in the north of Haiti) and won a decisive victory over French colonial army under General Comte de Rochambeau and forced him to capitulate the same night. The Haitian Ninth Brigade under François Capois played a crucial role in the victory and caused Napoléon's troops to abandon their stronghold. This battle occurred less than two months before Dessalines declaration of independence and delivered the final blow to the French attempt to re-institute slavery and to stop the Haitian Revolution.
November 18 has been celebrated since then as the Day of Army and Victory in Haiti.
External link
- San Francisco Bayview: The Maroons salute the Battle of Vertières ... on this day, 202 years ago! (article written by Makendal/MPS Jr. on Nov. 18, 2005)
