Raid on Wells (1692)

Raid on Wells (1692)
	Part of King William's War
	; Storer Tablet, which marks the Storer garrison site
Date	June 10–13, 1692
Location	Wells, Maine
Result	English victory
Belligerents
New France; Abenaki; Mi'kmaq militia	New England
Commanders and leaders
Sr. de la Broquerie (La Brognerie. Labocree) † ; Sr. de Portneuf; Baron de St Castin; Father Jean Baudoin	Captain James Converse ; Joseph Storer
Strength
c. 400 troops and warriors	31 troops
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Raid on Wells occurred during King William's War when French and Wabanaki Confederacy forces from New France attacked the English settlement at Wells, Maine, a frontier town on the coast below Acadia.^[3] The principal attack (1692) was led by La Brognerie, who was killed. Commander of the garrison, Captain James Converse, successfully repelled the raid despite being greatly outnumbered.^[4]

^ Clarke. Too small a world: The story of Acadia. p. 306^{[permanent dead link]}; Villbonne, p.38
^ Villebon, p. 42^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Acadiensis; a quarterly devoted to the interests of the maritime provinces of Canada". St. John, N.B.
^ Parkman, Francis (1891). France and England in North America. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown. pp. 353–355. Parkman Wells 1692.

[1] Clarke. Too small a world: The story of Acadia. p. 306^{[permanent dead link]}; Villbonne, p.38

[2] Villebon, p. 42^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Acadiensis; a quarterly devoted to the interests of the maritime provinces of Canada". St. John, N.B.

[Parkman-4] Parkman, Francis (1891). France and England in North America. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown. pp. 353–355. Parkman Wells 1692.

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