Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)
The Capture of Fort-Dauphin was a bloodless encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars on which a Spanish expedition under Gabriel de Aristizábal seized Fort-Liberté, then named Fort-Dauphin, from Revolutionary France. The French colonial garrisons, consisting of over a thousand men, surrendered without firing a single shot.
| Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794) | |||||||
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| Part of the Haitian Revolution and the War of the Pyrenees | |||||||
A View from the north of Fort Liberte | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Spain | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gabriel de Aristizábal |
Candy Jean-François Papillon | ||||||
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3 ships of the line 1 frigate 400 men | 1031 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| none |
1031 captured 41 artillery guns taken | ||||||
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