Siege of Pemaquid (1696)

Siege of Pemaquid
Part of King William's War
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Date August 14–15, 1696 Location present-day Bristol, Maine Result French and Abenaki victory
Belligerents
New France Abenaki Mi'kmaq militia	New England
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Baron de St Castin Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste Father Jean Baudoin Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure Louis Damours Simon-Gérard de La Place	Pasco Chubb
Strength
Some Marines, 100 Canadiens, 400 Abenaki (50 Mi'kmaq)	93 New England troops
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Siege of Pemaquid occurred during King William's War when French and Native forces from New France attacked the English settlement at Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Maine), a community on the border with Acadia. The siege was led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Baron de St Castin between August 14–15, 1696. Commander of Fort William Henry, Captain Pasco Chubb, surrendered the fort. Iberville killed three of the soldiers and sent the other 92 back to Boston.

The victory at Pemaquid was one of the most significant the French had during the war. The siege resulted in a retaliatory raid by New England forces on Acadia.

During much of the seventeenth century, Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Maine) was the most northern coastal settlement of New England, and Pentagouet (present-day Castine, Maine) was the most southern Acadian settlement, a colony of New France. During King William's War, the area became a battleground as the French and English fought to determine the boundaries of their empires. In 1689 Baron de St Castin and the Wabanaki Confederacy (Abenaki) captured and burned down Fort Charles, the wooden stockade fort at Pemaquid. They killed 200 British at the fort and surrounding area.

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