Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)

Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)
Part of the Haitian Revolution and the
War of the Pyrenees

A View from the north of Fort Liberte
Date28–29 January 1794
Location
Result Spanish victory[1]
Belligerents
Spain Spain France France
Commanders and leaders
Spain Gabriel de Aristizábal France Candy
Strength
3 ships of the line
1 frigate
400 men
1031 men
Casualties and losses
none[1] 1031 captured[1]
41 artillery guns taken[1]

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,[2] surrendered without firing a single shot.[1]