Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot
partof=the Haitian Revolution


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date=4 March - 24 March 1802
place=Artibonite River valley, near Saint-Marc, Haiti
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result=Pyrrhic victory for the French
combatant1=France
combatant2=Haitian rebels
commander1=Charles Leclerc
commander2=Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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notes=The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was a major battle of the Haitian Revolution. The battle took place at the fort of Crête-à-Pierrot, east of Saint-Marc in the Artibonite River valley. General Charles Leclerc's French colonial army besieged the heavily barricaded fort, which was defended by Haitian forces under Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The fort was significant as it controlled access into the Cahos Mountains. The defenders, running short of food and munitions, eventually abandoned the fort but were able to force their way through the French lines and into the Cahos Mountains. The French, although gaining control of the fort, had suffered heavy losses.

References

External links

* The Louverture Project [http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Crête-à-Pierrot The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot]

This was the deciding battle that forced the French to withdraw from the war. The fort was never captured.