Istwa Nou

The three soldiers sent down from St Marc were shot on the beach at Deluge, though one of the raiders took a bullet in the thigh first. The party finished unloading and stopped the first vehicle on the road, a blue camionnette lettered with a name and two mottoes, one of them Malgre Tout. Word reached the capital, and General Flambert waited on the Champ de Mars without alerting the garrison. The jeep failed near Arcahaie and the little bus went on. At the gate of the barracks Alix Pasquet announced he was delivering five white prisoners, and the sentry presented arms and let them in. They shot the officer of the day, killed two more men crossing the parade ground, and locked fifty sleeping soldiers in their squad rooms. Then it stopped working. The weapons they expected to capture had been moved to the palace cellars. They telephoned army posts to announce themselves, spending the only two things they had. Duvalier packed cash for the Colombian embassy. A soldier sent out for cigarettes told the truth to a man at the gate.