Siege of Santo Domingo (1805)
The Siege of Santo Domingo of 1805 was a major battle of the Franco-Haitian War and was fought on March, 1805 at Santo Domingo, Saint-Domingue. A force of some 2,000 French Army troops led by Gen. Jean-Louis Ferrand resisted a siege of three weeks by a force of 21,000 Haitian Army troops led by Emperor Jacques I. The siege lasted until the city received naval support from six French Navy frigates.[1]
| Siege of Santo Domingo of 1805 | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Haitian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Haiti | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Gen. Jean-Louis Ferrand |
Emperor Jacques I Gen. Henri Christophe | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2,000 regulars six frigates | 21,000 regulars and militia | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
References
- Picó, Fernando (2012). One Frenchman, Four Revolutions. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener Publishers. ISBN 9781558765627.
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