Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)
| 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 | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gabriel de Aristizábal | Candy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3 ships of the line 1 frigate 400 men | 1,031 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
1,031 captured 41 guns captured | ||||||
Location within Haiti Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794) (North America) | |||||||
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, blockaded by land and sea, surrendered without firing a single shot.