Avalon Peninsula Campaign

Avalon Peninsula Campaign
Part of King William's War
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Date November 10, 1696 - April 19, 1697 Location present-day Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Result French, Abenaki, Acadian victory
Belligerents
New France Abenaki Mi'kmaq militia Acadian militia	English colonists
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville Father Jean Baudoin Chief Nescambious Jacques Testard de Montigny Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan] Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie
Strength
124 Troupes de la Marine and Abenaki Indians, large number of French Men of War	over 100 English colonists, unknown number of colonial militia/vigilantes
Casualties and losses
unknown	100 English killed, many times that number captured, and almost 500 deported

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Father Jean Baudoin
Chief Nescambious
Jacques Testard de Montigny

The Avalon Peninsula Campaign occurred during King William's War when forces of New France, led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Governor Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, destroyed 23 English settlements along the coast of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland in the span of three months. The campaign began with raiding Ferryland on November 10, 1696 and continued along the coast until they raided the village of Heart's Content (See Map of the Campaign's raids and battles.)

After the Siege of Pemaquid (1696), d'Iberville along with Father Jean Baudoin led a force of Canadians, Acadians, Mi'kmaq and Abanakis in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. They destroyed almost every English settlement in Newfoundland, over 100 English were killed, many times that number captured, and almost 500 deported to England or France.

During this time period, the only French settlement on Newfoundland was Plaisance. Prior to the arrival of d'Iberville, Newfoundland's French Governor de Brouillon ordered a French naval squadron under Chevalier Nesmond to lay siege to St. John's in retaliation for earlier English attacks. In 1694, Nesmond set sail from Plaisance to lay siege St. John's. This siege was unsuccessful. Two years later, however, the French made a second attempt. On September 12, 1696, Quebec's Governor Frontenac sent Pierre Le Moyne Sieur d'Iberville to Newfoundland. The previous August, d'Iberville had just been victorious in the Siege of Pemaquid, on the coast of present-day Maine.

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