British Capture of Port-au-Prince
- When
- 4 June 1794
- Where
- Port-au-Prince (Port-Républicain), Saint-Domingue
British troops captured Port-au-Prince, then called Port-Républicain, on 4 June 1794, after the Battle of Port-Républicain.
On 4 June 1794, British troops captured the city, which the passage identifies as Port-au-Prince, following the Battle of Port-Républicain. The city had been renamed Port-Républicain by French colonial commissioner Étienne Polverel on 23 September 1793. The capture came amid the Anglo-French war declared in 1793 and the British landing at Jérémie in September 1793; troops under John Whyte had arrived in Saint-Domingue on 19 May 1794.
Sources
- Port-au-Prince Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
- Haitian Revolution Wikipedia
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