Military operation

Raid on Haverhill

15 Mar 1697 · 42.78° N, 71.08° W

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When
15 Mar 1697
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
42.78° N, 71.08° W
Description
military engagement that took place on March 15, 1697 during King William's War

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Raid on Haverhill (1697)

Military engagement during King William's War

The Raid on Haverhill was a military engagement that took place on March 15, 1697 during King William's War. Ordered by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, French, Algonquin, and Abenaki warriors descended on Haverhill, then a small frontier community in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In the surprise attack, the Abenaki killed 27 colonists and took 13 captive.

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