Raid on Salmon Falls

Raid on Salmon Falls
Part of King William's War

Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
DateMarch 27, 1690
Location
Salmon Falls (present-day Berwick, Maine)
Result Acadian and Wabanaki Confederacy victory
Belligerents
New France Acadia
Abenaki
Mi'kmaq
Maliseet
"The Pine Tree flag of New England" 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.

  1. ^ Douville, Raymond (1979) [1969]. "Hertel de Rouville, Jean-Baptiste". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.