What the records say
- When
- 29 Aug 1708
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.78° N, 71.08° W
- Description
- part of Queen Anne's War
Raid on Haverhill (1708)
Part of Queen Anne's War
The Raid on Haverhill was a military engagement that took place on August 29, 1708, during Queen Anne's War. French, Algonquin, and Abenaki warriors under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville descended on Haverhill, then a small frontier community in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In the surprise attack, 16 people were killed and another 14 to 24 were taken captive.
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