The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-12 00:00:00

REPUBLIC- OF ItIYTL

ARMY OF THE tXPE.I),I.I ION IN THE NORTH.,
REPORT made to the PR ESIDEN T. of HAY'rI
General of Bri:2ade-LAmAnRE, Senator; and com-
manding tilt' 'fitoors of the REPUBLIC in the
NORTH.
• " On the 12th of April I learned that the enemy
were marching against the camp Faison. On the
18th I left uty bead-quarters with the rest of the
troops. Colonel Beauvoir commanded the right
wiaig of the army,. Colonel- Leger the centre, and
Colonel Gabriel the left wing. The Cavalry was
Posted at one of the wings. I caused the same order
to be, observed in the march djreSted towards. Camp
Foison. On arriving there, I had the mortification
to see that the Commander, Charles Thomas, had
evacuated it without making resistance, although
his force amounted to 1500 men. I learned that
the two 'divisions of the North, and that of Artiho-
nite, were on march, and coming to attack us:—
Remain, with his division, , had already, passed
dirough. the interior, by the mountain's of Jean Ra-
be!, for the design of Christophe was to burn the
Mole. The .1 th I ordered the counter-march.—
After several days of fatiguing march, on, the Vld,
we discovered the enemy encamped onihe Planta-
tion Defray, in a very advantageous position. I itri.-
tnecliately formed the design of ,surrounding him :
for this purpose, I ordered Adjutant-General Deiva
to desire-Colonel Beauvoir to support the right wing,.
composed of the ist and 3d battalions of the gth, the
16th, and 150 grenadiers of the reserve of the 24th,
Colonel Leger to support the centre, and-Colonel
Gabriel the. left wing. The cavalry was on the look
out, ready to move wherever there might be oeca-
sion. The first column being arrived at its destina-
tion, discovered that the enemy occupied. a,post on
the small Plantation Defray Lester. On the ap-
proacb of this column, the enemy took flight. The
possession of this post procured us the advantage of
taking several rebels who had been marauding. The
23d, Remain, believing it easy to dislodge Us from
the poSt we had taken the preceding night,
,put him-
self at the head of his troops, and marched against
,Colonel Beauvoir, but he was repulsed, vith this loss
of forty soldiers left on thie field of battle, and a
Colonel. A great ntimber of -muskets., drums, and
several standards of the enemy, have fallen into our
hands. The 26th, they made an attempt on Colonel
Gabriers post to make themselves masters of 'it ;
but, :I.)y the reinforcementa which I -successively sent.
thither, their endeavours-proved fruitless. I order-
ed a battalion of the 9,41 h to attack a post the ene-
my occupied: this battalion carried it by the bay-
onet. This last atnir lasted from ten o'clock in the
morning till five in the afternoon: The
.euemy this
day experieneed, a considerable idss. A Brigadier-
General was among the slain, of the name of Jas-
min, and a Colonel. As. to It's, we have had many
soldiers killed, and a great many wounded,
" The Ist of May 'I went with. the-grenadiers of
the 3d battalion, of the gth, those of the 16th, the
reserve of the-24th, a company of chassems of the
gth, the ordinary companieS of the 16th and 23d,
leaving the rest of the troops in the posts we occu-
pied. Having reached the village the. same day,
(where, the enemy occupied the .posts Delair and '
Obuse), I lost no time ; I sent .fef a 12.-pounder I
had had the precaution to provide. After a cannon-
ade of a day, which incommoded them greatly, they
Were. obliged to abandon- their posts to concentrate
themselves at Sauvale. On the morning of the -2d,
I ordered Adjutant General Delve to march with his
small column against Sauvale, to'reiotOrce the batta-
lion of the lath, which, in supporting the fire of
the artillery, . and two regular assaults.; was severely
handled. Before he arrived, at this post, the enemy's
cavalry was drawn up in battle-order on an' emi-
nence, and gave indicationa of attempting to turn
the battalion. I ordered them to be 'attacked by the
grenadiers commanded by Colonel Beauvoir and
Captain EN:eillard. Our little cavalry was drawn up
in order of battle, not tar from the enemy. Our
•grenadiers were not yet arrived when Christophe or-
dered his troop, to attack ours; who, although in-
ferior in number, did not decline the combat.. They
-came to blows. The 23d, posted in a small defile,
fired on their left, and enabled our dragoons to put
them to, .flight. Monseigneur, his Lieutenant-Ge-
nerals, and his Field-Marshals, had this day stag's
legs.. The impetuosity with which our cavalry
charged, sabred, and dismounted many of theirs,
was admirable. Our grenadiers in following a small
defile encountered the foot-guards of Christophe, to
the number of a battalion, posted on a rising ground,
which was advantageous for them ; but our grena-
diers totally disregarding the terrible fire that was
kept up upon them, surmounted the eminence, and
overthrew the enemy with the bayonet in his 'lines.
This guard, so renowned, and which Christophe be-
lieved invincible, for this time was beaten, together
with. his guard of honour, and obliged precii)itately
to seek safety in fii&ht; and but for the goouiress of
thelorse which Christophe rode, I should have had
his head instead of his having mine, which, he had
demanded. The 3d, in the' night, he caused. his

artillery to draw off, leaving two battalions in view
of our post, to have time to make his retreat. On
the same day, I learned that Remain had hastily
evacuated tir.: mountain. I sent An quest of the
troops that-were then to form a-complete assault on
the two battalions which were well sheltered; but
they quitted their post the same night, leaving' a
great many dead and wounded.
" Citizen President,_ behold the exploits perform,
ed by our brave troops. All the regiments distin-
guished themselves; I have nothing but praises to
bestow on all the Officers. We have had in these
long and continual combats. many Officers and a
much greater number of soldiers killed and wound=
ed. On their part the enemy have suffered a very
considerable loss. Chr;stophe, after these, late bat-
-tle, will for a longtime lose his fancy for burning
the Moleand having my head.- Colonel Beauvoir,
andtlie other'Officers merit your regard. Adjutant
General Delva hath shewn the courage of a brave
soldier, united with. the talents of a skilful .Officdr.
-As to Toussaint, he is intrepidity itself. --
LANIA”I3.
[ " Head-quarters at Fouache, May 6, i8;.8.".

i. On Friday se'nnight the house or Admiral Har-
vey, at Chigweil, in Essex, was broke open, and
4- robbed of cooliderabie property.

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the head of'3oo smuggiers, one hundred ,of \v/)0
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were on horseback. They behaved with 'great bra'
very curing the war.
• That a grand 4.•& of Spain, a 'thin enjoying all the
prerogatives-of his exalted birth and fortune, should
seek,, by some. sacrifices, to preserve the rank, he
owes to the form of his government, is nothing
traoi,iiiry,. there: May be even some sefffsh conti-
derationS iii t is zeal -; but for snaugglers and bigh:
way rohbera„,,who are stimulated by the allurement-4
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ok t plunifl,cto whom the law had appointed a gibbet
as'aiewar'd 'for their courage, to abandon-voltam-210V
:their licentiolis courses, that beCOine safer in' the
time of war, there being none or fewertroops co op'
pose them, and go to fight the common enemy
without hope, not only of reward, but even of wil4
cOnStitptes the first objet of their association—pa'
lage ; there: seems in such 4 step a stamp of 113.-
tiooal spirit that cannot escape the eye of the ob'
server. • r