Date:
16 May 1690
to
20 May 1690
Location: Falmouth, Maine
Location: Falmouth, Maine
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- Historical event. 16–20 May 1690, Falmouth Neck, Maine.
- Epoch: King William's War (1688-1697)
- Who was there: Category:Battle of Falmouth
- Commanders:
- Captain Sylvanus Davis at Fort Loyal
- Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière from Trois-Rivières
- Baron de St Castin from Pentagouët
- "The Battle of Falmouth (also known as the Battle of Fort Loyal) (May 16–20, 1690) involved Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière and Baron de St Castin leading troops as well as the Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq and Maliseet from Fort Meductic) in New Brunswick to capture and destroy Fort Loyal and the English settlement on the Falmouth neck (site of present-day Portland, Maine), then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The commander of the fort was Captain Sylvanus Davis." — Wikipedia article
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