Siege of Pemaquid (1689)
| 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 | |||||||
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Acadia Abenaki | New England | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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St. Castin and Father Louis-Pierre Thury Chief Moxus | James Weems | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100 to 300 | 18 to 30 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Possibly a total of 80 from both sides. | ||||||
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. The fall of Pemaquid was a significant setback to the English. It pushed the frontier back to Casco (Falmouth), Maine.