Tête-à-Boeuf

Tête-à-Boeuf, officially Plaine de Tête-à-Boeuf, is a census designated place in the Western Department of Haiti. It represents the first two communal sections of Grand-Goâve.

Neighboring sections

West 12e Des Fourques, PGV	1re Tête-à-Boeuf Grand-Goâve	East 13e Petit-Harpon, LEO
	〰️North〰️ Grand-Goâve Bay	Northeast Ville de Grand-Goâve
	South 2e Tête-à-Boeuf	Southeast 4e Moussambé

History[]

Glaize[]

• A notable occurrence took place at the Glaize plantation, situated at the entrance of Grand-Goàve along the route to Léogâne, on July 19, 1799. This event, referred to as l'Affaire de deux jours (the Two-Day Affair), involved a confrontation between Dessalines' forces from the North and the Rigaudins from the South. The conflict led to more than 1,000 fatalities and 2,000 soldiers sustaining injuries.

Thauzin[]

• The Thauzin or Tosin plantation was put on sale by the law of March 10, 1814 to raise the culture and increase the number of owners. It was famous for its bananas. On June 18, 1799, when Faubert seized Petit-Goâve by surprise from General Laplume who was in command there for Toussaint Louverture, the garrison retreated to the Thauzin settlement. Adjutant General Toureau occupied a blockauss which rose to the left of this settlement. The southern army encamped at Thauzin until after the fighting at Faucher.

It was there that Pétion abandoned the ranks of Toussaint and joined forces with Rigaud. He advised Toureau to avoid a pitched battle with Dessalines, and to take refuge at the highest point of the road which crosses Morne Tapion, between Grand-Goâve and Petit-Goâve. Toureau accepted his advice, ordered Octavius to abandon the Faucher settlement, evacuated Thauzin and retreated to Tapion, leaving a garrison in the blockauss. Immediately after Thauzin's evacuation, Dessalines came to occupy this position. Rigaud arrived from Les Cayes, publicly blaming Toureau for having abandoned Thauzin, and ordered the position to be reoccupied. Immediately the colonels Jean Cécile, Faubert, Batichon, Geffrard, and Delva prepared to attack the enemy. Rigaud personally directed the operations. Faubert occupied the establishments of Thauzin with two pieces of cannon; lieutenant colonel Martignac purged the settlement, which had been crenellated and occupied by a demi-brigade from the North; Jean Cécile presented himself in the savannah and attacked head-on with impetuosity. In an instant the fire became general; after several hours of bloody combat, Dessalines, overthrown on all points, withdrew to Grand Goâve. The southern army encamped at Thauzin. Rigaud established his headquarters there, and repulsed a few days after an obstinate attack which Dessalines directed against him.

The Southern troops amounted to 1,800 men and those of the North to 2,000. The former, happy to have their general at their head, demanded battle. Rigaud, taking advantage of their good disposition, resolved to eject from Grand-Goâve General Dessalines, whose troops were terrified of the preceding defeats.

On the morning of August 15, the attack began; 1,400 men from the South watched 10,000 men from the North flee. Faubert occupied Grand Goâve which Dessalines had abandoned. But Rigaud ordered Faubert to return to Thauzin where his army was gathered, and he left for Les Cayes where he still called his pleasures. Dessalines came to reoccupy Grand-Goâve. He ordered artillery pieces from Léogâne, and regularly besieged Thauzin's entrenchment, which he cannonaded with activity. The next day, famine made itself felt in Thauzin. The southern barges, commanded by Panayoty, unable to fight against the large warships of the Republic, ceased to supply the army of Rigaud. Toussaint sent to block Les Cayes, his ships were captured by the English.

Dessalines set a mortar against Thauzin, but the cannons of the blockauss dismounted it. One of its columns passed by the sea shore to temper the summit of Tapion, which dominated the blockauss; it was stopped and knocked down by Geffrard. At the same time, Toureau left the entrenchments of Thauzin: the army of the North was routed. Dessalines, followed by Faubert, again abandoned Grand Goâve and retreated to Papette, which he fortified.

• In 1802, Cangé, a former officer in the Rigaud army, put the section in revolt against the French, after the deportation of Toussaint Louverture.

Neighborhoods[]

TAB	Abraham, Deschamp, Gentil, Glaise, Grand Caille, Mayotte, Nan Bonhomme, Tapion, Thosin, Thozin, Ticoma, Vieux Caille.

Water source at Rue du Port Prolongee, just south of Ville de Gran-Goave

House near Thauzin, on the Taina Beach Road

Neighboring sections

Northwest 12e Des Fourques, PGV	North 1re Tête-à-Boeuf
West 10e des Palmes, PGV	2e Tête-à-Boeuf Grand-Goâve	East 3e Moussambe
Southwest 5e Haut-de-Grandou, BAI, SE _{SE Dept.}	South 3e La Vallée-de-Bainet, BAI, SE _{SE Dept.}

Neighborhoods[]

TBF	Ca Avril, Décan, Decouvert, Dentiste, Grande-Ravine, Grande-Savane, Grand-Fond, Laporte, Mare Rouge, Nan Joute, Nan Palé, Picore, Pipiche, Tête-Boeuf, Vali.

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