Siege And Fall Of Port Au Prince April 1793

Between April 5 and 14, 1793, the civil commissioners and their free-colored allies besieged and forced the submission of Port-au-Prince, bringing force from both the Cul-de-Sac and Bizoton sides after months of escalating factional crisis. Bombardment beginning April 12 broke the Borel-led western coalition; Auguste Borel fled toward Jacmel and then Jamaica while Lasalle's army entered the city. The aftermath confirmed the military indispensability of men of color: Bauvais received command of the West's national guard and Antoine Chanlatte was appointed colonel of the newly formed Legion de l'Egalite, one of the nuclei of later Haitian regular forces.