Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-09

D's d;oo. al ieyen they were 10 Poiici-
oo'" IS 81 d;reciions,. completely rout
." s : Of 90 dead, among whom
. :, 9 oomber OF officers were found on
s'.'i f,,; the remainder of the day they
= ss,s employed il carrying away the
vounded.
Id. Of the conduct of the garrifon Of
S,,f Dsuphin, in theie TWO attacks; he
r.. s with dlaintsion the grenadiers Of
~ half brigade; the adjutant com
n,odant Dumont; the officers ard crew
i Ii. aoop Of war Sagede, commanded
r. lieutenant Bafnetcke, capt. Teiasre
a, wounded, and lieutenant Boiflerc of
i. greuadisrs Of the TO- half brigade
Psliaier, isrgeant major; Albany and Po-
il. Sergean,s; Rivera, corporal; Re-
,Ord, corporal, Mama, Deleau, Ofrey,
wounded, all Of them belong TO the no
balfbrigade; as alfo the lieutenant, aid
4, camp Of Bardouil wounded.
The chief of Battalion Aurange, the
tso officers of the. fame corps, under his
command, and the gunuers difingallhed
thsmfelyes equally.
Port de PAX was afo attacked on the
nd Of Germinal in the afternoon Of the
fame day, the enemy all at once dearoyed
fperal Of the batteries, and played on
the folts Layeaux and Pageot. AT duik
the attack became more general and feri-
oas, and at eleven, all forts were attacked.
The brigands had with them very large
ladders 70 feet long. The extreme iupe-
tiority Of their nomber enabled them TO
put fome of the ladders up, through thefe
means they Attended the great Fort, and
hr few moments topped at the Block
.huuGc, but they were drove from there
with comfortable LOIS on their part.
The forts Layeaux aud Peageot were 70
gsll protected by the artillery fire from
the Enall forts and the 1ocps of war of
notation, that the enemy could not
make uie OF the ladders they had provid-
Cd thenGlses with.
The brigands left 81 dead round our
ports; great many were carried away
the number of their wounded mutt have
been comfortable. We only LOFT one man,
and had two wounded. Commandments
BOGUS and RippsIr praife greatly the con-
dsA Of the garriion, and particularly the
Spaniih detachment, lately arrived from
Fort Dauphin, which fhewed Gained and
uumoved courage.
General Freilinct informed Us thar the
brigands are gathering themielses toge-
iher at the plain of CuI de Sac, with the
deGgu of an incnrfon, and gave orders for
mattack as notice; in confequence of
which, general Layalette, having organif-
q a column competed of the detachment
Ofthe sIh light, 9Th of the line, and of
80 national dragons Of Port au Prince,
iOuod himfelf this morning at !, in view
Of the brigands /; he Immediately attack
Cd them, and took from them three of
their frongef petitions, in which the enc.
my was intrenched. The reiuIt of this
OPERATION was the taking of a fandard
upwards Of thirty brigands dead on the
lpot, and the remainder of the horde DIFF
Oauded. We had II wounded.
General Lavalette is perfectly fatisfed
OF The troops who fought urder his COM
nand on the location. He cites with
dtaintfion the chief of battalion Beret of
the 9Th light the commandant Of the
solonne Mobil, Saint Guiron, wornied );
Lieutenant Viilignani of the 9Th light,
who in thete three attacks was always
the firh in catering the enemies intrench
nents: aid de camp Caron, and the officer
q the etat major Oary, who followed
VlEgnat !; Philippe Rochambeau and
Sobin, riaemen of the sth light were
isnarked by their courage and ardour.
The general of brigade, chief of the
''at major.
tSigned) THOUVENOT.