Raid on Salmon Falls

Raid on Salmon Falls
Part of King William's War
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
Date March 27, 1690 Location Salmon Falls (present-day Berwick, Maine) Result Acadian and Wabanaki Confederacy victory
Belligerents
Acadia Abenaki Mi'kmaq Maliseet	New England
Commanders and leaders
Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville Chief Wahowa Chief Assacumbuit
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	34 killed, 54 captured

The Raid on Salmon Falls (March 27, 1690) involved Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière (and his son Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville^[1]), along with Norridgewock Abnaki chief Wahowa, and possibly Maliseet Abnaki war chief Assacumbuit, leading his troops as well as the Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq and Maliseet from Fort Meductic) in New Brunswick to capture and destroy an English settlement of Salmon Falls (present-day Berwick, Maine) during King William's War.