Northeast Coast campaign (1745)
| Northeast Coast campaign (1745) | |||||||
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| Part of King George's War | |||||||
Commander Samuel Waldo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| New England |
French colonists Wabanaki Confederacy | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Commander Samuel Waldo (Falmouth) Captain Jonathan Bean Captain Mochus Captain Thomas Bradbury (Saco) Jabez Bradbury (Fort St. George, Thomaston) |
Colonel Morris † Captain Sam † Colonel Job | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 625 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Approximately 30 persons killed or captured | Unknown | ||||||
The Northeast Coast campaign (1745) occurred during King George's War from 19 July until 5 September 1745. Three weeks after the British Siege of Louisbourg (1745), the Wabanaki Confederacy of Acadia retaliated by attacking New England settlements along the coast of present-day Maine below the Kennebec River, the former border of Acadia. They attacked English settlements on the coast of present-day Maine between Berwick and St. Georges (Thomaston, Maine), within two months there were 11 raids - every town on the frontier had been attacked. Casco (also known as Falmouth and Portland) was the principal settlement.