Raid on Grand Pré
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The Raid on Grand Pré was the major action of a raiding expedition conducted by the New England militia Colonel Benjamin Church against French Acadia in June 1704, during Queen Anne's War. The expedition was allegedly in retaliation for a French and Indian raid against the Massachusetts frontier community of Deerfield earlier that year.
Raid on Grand Pré | |||||||
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Part of Queen Anne's War | |||||||
Colonel Benjamin Church, the "Father of American ranging"[1] | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Indian allies | Indian allies | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown |
Benjamin Church John Gorham (Grandfather of John Gorham) Winthrop Hilton Cyprian Southack | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 500 volunteers and warriors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
About 6 killed, unknown wounded[2] 45 captured | 6 killed, unknown wounded[2] |
Departing Boston on 25 May 1704 with 500 provincial militia and some Indian allies, the expedition reached the Minas Basin on 24 June, after raiding smaller settlements at Penobscot Bay and Passamaquoddy Bay. Although he lost surprise due to the famously high tides of the Bay of Fundy, Church quickly gained control of Grand-Pré, and spent three days destroying the town and attempting to destroy the dikes and levees that protected its croplands. The croplands were flooded by salt water, but the local Acadians quickly repaired the dikes after the raiders left, and the land was returned to production. Church continued his raiding expedition, striking at Beaubassin and other communities before finally returning to Boston in late July.