Raid on Wells (1692)

Raid on Wells (1692)
Part of King William's War

Storer Tablet, which marks the Storer garrison site
DateJune 10–13, 1692
Location
Result English victory
Belligerents
 New France
Abenaki
Mi'kmaq militia[1]
"The Pine Tree flag of New England" New England
Commanders and leaders
Sr. de la Broquerie (La Brognerie. Labocree)  [2]
Sr. de Portneuf
Baron de St Castin
Father Jean Baudoin
Captain James Converse
Joseph Storer
Strength
c. 400 troops and warriors 31 troops
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown

The Raid on Wells occurred during King William's War when French and Wabanaki Confederacy forces from New France attacked the English settlement at Wells, Maine, a frontier town on the coast below Acadia.[3] The principal attack (1692) was led by La Brognerie, who was killed. Commander of the garrison, Captain James Converse, successfully repelled the raid despite being greatly outnumbered.[4]

  1. ^ Clarke. Too small a world: The story of Acadia. p. 306[permanent dead link]; Villbonne, p.38
  2. ^ Villebon, p. 42[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Acadiensis; a quarterly devoted to the interests of the maritime provinces of Canada". St. John, N.B.
  4. ^ Parkman, Francis (1891). France and England in North America. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown. pp. 353–355. Parkman Wells 1692.