THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 24
March 24 in history
What happened on March 24: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1802, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot
4–24 Mar 1802 — A small earthwork fort above the Artibonite holds a far larger French army for three weeks and costs it some 2,000 killed and wounded. Its garrison, led by Lamartinière, then breaks out through the French lines.
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