...messenger of Leclerc urged him to surrender the city, he replied with hauteur, " Go and tell your general that the French shall march here only over ashes,...and that the ground shall burn beneath their feet." He afterwards wrote his determination in these terms — " The decision of arms can admit you only...

...the captain-general what he had to expect in the subjugation of St. Domingo. " Go, tell your general that the French shall march here only over ashes,...and that the ground shall burn beneath their feet," was the answer that Leclerc obtained in return to his command. The French general sent another messenger...

...and when Leclerc sent him a summons to surrender he replied to the messenger: " Go tell your general that the French shall march here only over ashes, and that the ground shall burn beneath their feet! " He was true to his word, for, when threatened by sea and by land, and he found defense impossible,...

...commanded at Cape Haytien, and when Leclerc summoned him to surrender, replied, "Go tell your general that the French shall march here only over ashes,...and that the ground shall burn beneath their feet." This was not bombast, for when he found further defence impossible, he set fire to the city and retreated...

...Christophe was summoned to surrender the city of Port au Prince, he replied, 'Go tell your General that the French shall march here only over ashes, and that the ground shall burn beneath their feel' To a second demand, he replied, "The decision of arms can admit you only into a city of ashes,...