Raid on Salmon Falls | |||||||
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Part of King William's War | |||||||
![]() Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() Abenaki Mi'kmaq Maliseet |
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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.