Also known as: Siege of Port-au-Prince - April 1793, Siege and Fall of Port-au-Prince, April 1793 siege of Port-au-Prince
Last updated: April 26, 2026
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.
Antoine Chanlatte
Bernard Borgella
Jerome Maximilien Borgella
Lamour Dérance
Burning of Cap-Français, June 1793
Insurrection at Cul-de-Sac, January 1793
Siege And Fall Of Port Au Prince April 1793
Siege And Fall Of Port Au Prince April 1793
Cap-Français
Port-au-Prince
Saint Marc
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