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 conducted beyond the o(ul ing se-ntinels. When
 of the reach of their en-mies, they began to dance,
 ntly darted otT tbr the fort, where they were received.
 eyed to its commauder intelligence of the approach
 in L'Ouvertur: .
 very night. (March 24) an attack was made on the
 lines whi h was repulsed only with difficulty and loss.
 ttack was l:.d by Tuussaint himse-lf who had conceived a
4j worthy of his own genius. Having reason to think the
 Should for some time give him no more trouble, and afraid
Brte-a-Pierrot might be carried by storm, he hastened
SArtibouite, intending with a few trusty soldiers to
jtxate to Le,.l'er.' hear'Jduartners, make him prisoner, and
bim off tu France. To aid him in his daring plan, a feint
ejade in the attat.k of which we have juAL spoken. And
tOptured I'ugitiies wivre s-ut to tncoiurage the garrison to
ount.
Stratagem was t.o late. Lamartiniaro, who had taken
Camunaud with h;i a:ccitnitmed hracerv. had done and en-
i everything that man .an do and endure. With hia sol-
|lhe patiently Ilorr hungu-r, thirt, sickn.i.s exhaustion, and
mropect of d,.ath at any moment. With their aid, he per-
pd prodigi of h-roism. But stone walls are not proof
Oat cannon-ball, and bomb. The Ibrts were defended
jpt thousands 1of brav'- Fr ni.hmen, even when falling into
. But the Ihur at length came. Then, when resistance
vTain, the commanderr reolved to cut himself a passage
pgh the ranks ot his enemies. iHe escaped trom the hands
),000 men, not having lost half his garrison, and leaving
N! assailants only the dead and the wounded amid a heap of