Battle of Petitcodiac | |||||||
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Part of the French and Indian War | |||||||
A portrait of Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France New France Mi'kmaq | Massachusetts | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot |
Joseph Frye Silvanus Cobb Joseph Gorham | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300 | 200 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 3 wounded |
22-42 killed 6 wounded 45 captured[1][2] |
The Battle of Petitcodiac was an engagement which occurred during the Bay of Fundy campaign of the French and Indian War. The battle was fought between the British colonial forces from Massachusetts and Acadian militiamen led by French officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot on September 4, 1755. It took place at the Acadian village of Village-des-Blanchard on the Petitcodiac River.