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|date=23 February 1802 |
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|result=Haitian victory |
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|commander1=[[Donatien de Rochambeau]] |
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.jpg) Depiction of the Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres | |||||||
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.svg){kind=small} Haiti | ||||||
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2600 infantry 200 cavalry | ||||||
The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres (in Haitian Creole Batay Ravin Koulèv, sometimes in English Battle of Snake Gully) was a major battle of the Haitian Revolution. A French division under General Donatien de Rochambeau was advancing down a ravine (the Ravine-à-Couleuvres), towards the city of Lacroix, Haiti. The leader of the Haitian revolutionary forces, Toussaint Louverture, temporarily stopped his advance toward the city of Gonaïves after a bloody struggle, which was a short distance from Lacroix. That gave the commander of Gonaïves, general Vernet[disambiguation needed], time to burn and evacuate the city with his troops.
External links
- The Louverture Project: Ravine-à-Couleuvres
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