Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)
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The capture of Fort-Dauphin was a bloodless encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars in which a Spanish expeditionary force under Admiral Gabriel de Aristizábal y Espinosa seized Fort-Dauphin (now Fort-Liberté), in Saint-Domingue, from France. The French garrison of about a thousand men,[2] blockaded by land and sea,[3] surrendered without firing a single shot.[1]
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| Capture of Fort-Dauphin | |||||||
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| Part of the Haitian Revolution and the War of the Pyrenees | |||||||
View of the bay of Fort-Dauphin by Nicolas Ozanne, 1791 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Spain | France | ||||||
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| Gabriel de Aristizábal | Candy | ||||||
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3 ships of the line 1 frigate 400 men | 1,031 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None[1] |
1,031 captured[1] 41 guns captured[1] | ||||||
  Location within Haiti  Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794) (North America) | |||||||
Capture
In late January 1794, a Spanish fleet of three ships of the line accompanied by a frigate landed 400 soldiers and blockaded Fort-Dauphin. On 28 January, the French Republican garrison, commanded by the mulatto Candy, surrendered to Admiral Aristizábal y Espinosa without firing a single shot. Candy, however, made it a condition for his capitulation that Jean-François Papillon's black troops not be allowed to enter the city.
The Spanish did not respect the terms of the capitulation.[4] Candy was arrested and sent to Mexico to do hard labour, whereas the rest of prisoners were sent to France as prisoners of war.[3] Fort-Dauphin was occupied by Spanish troops of the Puerto Rico Regiment under the command of Joaquim de Saso.[4] The Spanish captured 41 cannons, having suffered no losses.[1]