MEMOIR OF


nor. I also took Saint-Raphael and Iniuche, and rendered ?
an account to Gen. Laveaus. The English were intrenched :
at Pont-de-l'Ester; I drove them from the place. They were "
in pos*ssion of Petite Rivi-re. My ammunition consisted of.i
one ease of cartridges whi':h had fajl-n into the water on my:%
way to the attack; this did not di-coourage me. I carried tLhe
place by assault belire day, with my dragons, and made all
the garrison prisoners. I sent them to Gen. Laveaus. I had:-
but one piece of cannon; I took nine at Petite RiviBrei.:.
Among the posts gained at Petite RivBre. was a Ibrtificatioi.
detl'nded bv sev.n pieces of cannon, whirh I attacked, and car-,
ried by afsaylt. I alo onquerd the Spaniard? intrenlhed in'
the camps of Miraut and Diubourg at Verrette-. I gained a fa--
mous victory over the Engliih in a battle whikh lasted from six
in the morning until nearly night. This battle was so fierce
that the roads were filled with the dead, and rivers of blood-
were seen on every side. I took all the baggage and ammunim-.
tion of the enemy, and a lar-ge nuLtber of prisoners. I sera!
the whole to Gen. Laveaux, giving him an a'.count of the ena*
gagement. All the posts of the Enplish upon the heightsof&
Saint Marc were taken bv me; the walled tjrt;lications in thq.:i
mountains of Fond-Baptiste nud D)lic ., the car:np ofi Drouiit.
in the Matheux mountains, whii:h thi, Engli-h r,.-ardrd as i
pregnable, the citadels of Mliretlalai., called thi Gilraltar of
the island, occupied by eler-vn bunldredl men, the .-lebra
campof l'A.Iul-iu-Saut, the ;tone: I;,rtiication; of Trou-d'E i
three stories high, tho-e of the ramp of Drca.yette and of Beaai
Bien,-in short, all the fortifications 'f the Eunglh in this
ter were unable to withstand me, as were those of Neybe,
Saint Jean do la Maguana, of Las Mathas, of Banique
other places occupied by the Spaniards; all wrre brought
me under the power of the Republic. I was also exposed.i
the greatest danger; several times I narrowly escaped
made prisoner; I shed my blood t;.,r my country; I receive
ball in the right hip which remains there still ; I received a
olent blow on the head from a cannon-ball, which knocked