Mass death in Saint-Domingue inured soldiers to losing their comrades

Evidence

“Men passed through and disappeared like shadows,” Lacroix recalled; “you developed a stoic indifference, and separated yourself from those with whom you lived with less regret than you suffered in Europe when you learned of the light sickness of a friend.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 993

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Over one hundred thousand residents of Saint-Domingue died in the revolution; Elite professional soldiers massacred irregulars after suffering disproportionate casualties — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 500; Acre’s garrison lost 1,525 men to disease after the city fell (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Over one hundred thousand residents of Saint-Domingue died in the revolution; Elite professional soldiers massacred irregulars after suffering disproportionate casualties — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 500; Acre’s garrison lost 1,525 men to disease after the city fell (+1 more)