The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-25 00:00:00

PARIS, MAT 22.

MINISTRY OF MARINE.

ARMY OF ST. DOMINGO.

THE GENERAL IN CHIEF TO THE MINISTER OF

MARINE AND COLONIES.

" Head-gun-ter; at Port Repuhlicain,
..111:arch 9,. 18c4.

" CITIZEN MINISTER,

" I am arrived' at Port Republicain, and have found the
Town untouched, -and entirely preserved. ;This is not the
case with the Town of Leogane, which has been burnt by
DzssALINES. These ravages are, however, stopped, and
all that part South of Leogane, is perfeelly preserved. I
owe particular obligations to the Black General L Arty mE,
who is constantly ready to maintain good order in that fine.
part of the Colony.

the Spanish part is preserved its inhabitants -are
armed, and marching-to establish a Cordon.
" The cruelty and barbarity of TOUSSAINT is without
example. The letters which zee have found amongst his
baggage; charaelcrize a soul as atrocious as hypocritical.
" All the Divisions are in march for Petite kiviere,. to
occuj the im.portant post of La Crete a Pierrot, where the
Enemy has his principal magazine of powder, and depot of
cartridges, 'and which it is 'probable he will defend to the last
extremity.

• " The provisions sent from Bourdeaux begin to arrive ;
when we •have, them the Army will be provisioned for•six
months. •Health and Respet
.(-Signed)
. . .

" LECLERC."

THE GENERAL. IN CHIEF TO THE MINISTER, OF

MARINE' AND COLONIES.
" Thad-vtarters, la Crete a Piertot, .larch z 6.
" CITIZEN MISTER,
" .1 have the Honour to, inform you of the Capture of the
Hills and Forts of La Crate a Pierrot, near l'Artibonite, eight
leagues from St. Marc, and fifteen from Port Republicain.
:‘. The Enemy spared no exertion to defend this, which he,
hack established a his chief positi•n.
." On the ad of March the Divisions of HARDY and Ro-
CllAllli EAU marched upon La Coupe a lande, and on Les
Callous, the Division of ROCHAMBEAU passing by PArti-
bonite.

" The Division of BounZT took, the route of Mirebalais,
in arde,r to prevent the Enemy -from making a retreat upon
the great Woods:

‘ .0n the 4th, General DEBELLE had-orders to proceed to

Veret tes

" General Roc riA IA BE A u_ threw himself upon Les Cahous,
where he beat the Enemy, and took, all his baggage : the
Soldiers made an immense booty.
" General HARDY destroyed, at Coupe z l'lnde,6oo Blacks.
The Chief of Battalion lIE*IN attacked • the important posi-
tion of Trianon, and carried it with the bayonet.
" General DEBELLE, in his road to Verettes; was attacked
behind Petite Riviere by the Blacks, commanded' by DEssA.-
LINES. He put them to the rout, and pursued them with
such vivacity, that he arrived at the same time with them
On the Glacis of the Fort 'of La Cade 1 Pierrot, where the
Blacks received Min with a discharge of cannon. General
DEBELLE, who-was at the head of his troops, was wound-
ed. La Crete a Pierrot is nothing bill a simple redoubt,
but was construaed by the English, and is of superior im-
portance. His troops then took a position behind it, under
the order of the Chief of Brigade of Artillery PAsty6va.,
who took the command of the Division.

" The Division ofBovDET arrived on:ilie9th at VereZtes.
" General Due U A arrived on the same day at la Petite

Rivicre.

" On the tab I ordered General.BonoT to pass PArti-
bonito in the face of Labadie, and to 'complete the bli..lckade
of the fort La Crete a Pierrot.

", General Bo u DET, howo-,-cr,,liaving been himself to re-
connoitre. the Posts which it would be necessary to occupy
to establish the blockade, wds wounded. But the Enemy
was notwithstanding beaten upon all points, and being ol?-
liged to retire beyond the glacis, the blockade was established.

" By a singular fatality, General DunuA, in proceeding
with two Battalions to establish the blockade cn the other
side, was wounded by two balls.
" The blockade being completed, I -hastened the arrival of
a Park Qt Artillery which I had formed at Port-au-Prince.

" General ROC,HAMBEAU hating arrived at Mirebalais,
destioyed all the Magazines of the Enemy, and'diSpersed his
Troops stationed there. •

" General SAL Ex Es destroyed a Camp of the Enemy, and
put two hundred men to the sword.

On the 22d, the Artillery having arrived, I ordered Ge-
neral ItocuAmazAu to' occupy the summit of La Crete a
Pierrot, and to place there a Battery of seven pieces of can-