Siege of Pemaquid (1689) | |||||||
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Part of King William's War | |||||||
![]() Baron Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Acadia Abenaki | New England | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
St. Castin and Father Louis-Pierre Thury Chief Moxus | James Weems | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
100 to 300[1] | 18 to 30[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | Possibly a total of 80 from both sides.[3] |
The siege of Pemaquid (August 2–3, 1689) was a successful attack by a large band of Abenaki Indians on the English fort at Pemaquid, Fort Charles, then the easternmost outpost of colonial Massachusetts (present-day Bristol, Maine). The French-Abenaki attack was led by Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin and Father Louis-Pierre Thury and Chief Moxus.[4] The fall of Pemaquid was a significant setback to the English. It pushed the frontier back to Casco (Falmouth), Maine.[5]