French fortunes against the insurgents turned when Etienne Laveaux took army command.

Evidence

The tide of the war began to change under his command. In mid-January Laveaux unleashed a well-coordinated attack against the insurgents on the northern plain. His soldiers charged Biassou’s troops, gathered in the town of Milot on the southern edge of the plain. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 507