Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803)

The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place from October to November 1803 during the Haitian Revolution.^[1]

Siege of Port-au-Prince
Part of the Haitian Revolution
Port-au-Prince in 1800
Date October – November 1803 Location Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue Result Rebel victory
Belligerents
Indigenous Army	France
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Jacques Dessalines	Jean-Pierre Marie Lavalette du Verdier
Strength
22,000	1,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Siege

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]