1796. General Rochambeau is appointed by the Directory, commander-in-chief
from Saint Domingue:
The general will never assume this position because of the intrigues of a few
settlers and some personalities sent to the island don’t commissioner
Sonthonax, who also explained that the indecent attitude and the little behavior
patriotic of the general are the basis of his dismissal. Source: Stein, Robert Louis.
Léger Félicité Sonthonax, p. 157). Rochambeau will return with the troops
expeditionaries of 1802.
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