Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Amurka ta mamaye Haiti - don dawo da tsari da kare bukatun Amurka da dukiya - bayan kisan gillar shugaban Haiti Vilbrun Guillaume Sam a ranar 28 ga Yuli 1915 kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa da sojojin sojan ruwa don mamaye tsibirin
har zuwa 1934. Yayin da sojojin Amurka suka sami damar kwantar da biranen cikin sauri, Cacos sun ci gaba da tawaye a cikin yankunan tsaunuka zuwa arewa. Duk da rashin tallafi na gida, kusa da Cap-Haïtien, Cacos ya yi barazanar kayar da sojojin Amurka a yakin Fort Dipitie, amma ƙwarewar amfani da ƙarfafawa ya ba da damar sojojin sojan ruwa su kaddamar da harin ba zato ba tsammani wanda ya haifar da dukkanin sojojin Cacos ko dai aka kashe ko aka kama su. Daga nan sai sojojin sojan ruwa suka ci gaba a hankali a kan yankin Cacos mai tsaunuka, a ƙarshe suka kama kuma suka kayar da ragowar mayakan 'yan tawaye a yakin Fort Rivière.