The Siege of Cretepiro

The siege of cretepiro is practically the dictionary definition of a piri victory, between those killed in the fighting and those dying of their wounds. General leclaire reckoned he just lost 15 hundred men, more men than had been in the fort he had just taken. But desiline's heroic and defiant stand against overwhelming odds became the stuff of instant legend. The story spread across the colony, undermining the aura of inevitability that surrounded the french reconquest of saint domain. After securing a promise from a senior french officer that, first, liberty and equality would remain the foundations of new colonial order, cristo defected at the end of april with 15 hundred regular troops