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Siege of Santo Domingo (1805)
1805 battle of the Franco-Haitian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The siege of Santo Domingo (1805) was a major battle of the Franco-Haitian War and was fought on March 1805 at Santo Domingo, Saint-Domingue. A force of some 2,000 French Army troops led by Gen. Jean-Louis Ferrand [fr] resisted a siege of three weeks by a force of 21,000 Haitian Army troops led by Emperor Jacques I. The siege lasted until the city received naval support from six French Navy frigates.[1]
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2,000 regulars six frigates | 21,000 regulars and militia | ||||||
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