Siege of Santo Domingo (1805) | |||||||
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Part of the Franco-Haitian War | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2,000 regulars six frigates | 21,000 regulars and militia | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Location within the Dominican Republic |
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 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]