Conflict: | Siege of Port-au-Prince |
Partof: | the Haitian Revolution |
Place: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Result: | Haitian victory |
Combatant1: | France |
Combatant2: | 23px|border Haitian Rebels |
Commander1: | Jean-Pierre Marie Lavalette du Verdier |
Commander2: | 23px|border Jean-Jacques Dessalines |
Strength1: | 1,000 men |
Strength2: | 22,000 men |
Casualties1: | Unknown |
Casualties2: | Unknown |
The siege of Port-au-Prince was an engagement that took place during the Haitian Revolution.
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, the French troops commanded by Lavalette evacuate the place and retreat to the Cap-Français.