What the records say
- When
- 19 Dec 1675
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.47° N, 71.60° W
- Description
- 1675 battle of King Philip's War
Great Swamp Fight
1675 battle of King Philip's War
The Great Swamp Massacre or the Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett people in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “United colonial forces attack the Narragansetts at the Great Swamp Fight”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Great Swamp”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “бой на Великой топи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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