Louverture chose scorched-earth war against the French invasion

Evidence

Again and again such punitive expeditions despatched into the Aurès came back empty-handed, and in the face of frustration General Spillmann’s instinct was to withdraw his undermanned forces and concentrate them on certain armed camps, like Arris, thus leaving the hills, temporarily anyway, to the rebels. Cherrière on the other hand was all in favour of the “fine-tooth comb”, the ruthless ratissage with resort to exemplary bombardments of suspect areas. But this was expressly forbidden by the Minister of the Interior. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 324 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hédouville’s pacifying mission triggered war and Louverture’s rise; Louverture’s strategy relied on scorched-earth destruction and disease to defeat the French.; French counterinsurgency strategy split between withdrawal and scorched-earth ratissage — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 324 (+2 more)

Related

• French counterinsurgency strategy split between withdrawal and scorched-earth ratissage (similarity 0.90)
• Louverture’s strategy relied on scorched-earth destruction and disease to defeat the French. (similarity 0.83)
• Louverture subverted Dieudonné through a covert double strategy that split his forces (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Louverture’s strategy relied on scorched-earth destruction and disease to defeat the French. #corroborates (0.90)
• French counterinsurgency strategy split between withdrawal and scorched-earth ratissage #contradicts (0.30) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 324
• Dessalines announced a strategy of feigned surrender to defeat the French. #exemplifies (0.30)