| Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres | |||||||
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| Part of the Haitian Revolution | |||||||
Depiction of the Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Haitian rebels | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Donatien Rochambeau | Toussaint Louverture | ||||||
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| 3000 infantry | 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 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 Gonaive after a bloody struggle, which was a short distance from lacroix. That gave the commander of Gonaive generalVernettime to burn and evacuate the city with his troops.