Battle of Petitcodiac

Name: Battle of Petitcodiac
Start: 1755

1755 CE.

Shown on the map at 45.932°, -65.175°.

The Battle of Petitcodiac was an engagement which occurred during the Bay of Fundy campaign of the French and Indian War. The battle was fought between the British colonial forces from Massachusetts and Acadian militiamen led by French officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot on September 4, 1755. It took place at the Acadian village of Village-des-Blanchard on the Petitcodiac River.

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