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Siege of Port Royal

Siege of Port Royal was a siege conducted on 1 September 1707 at Port-Royal, in what is now Canada. It was part of the Queen Anne's War, which ran from 1702 to 1713. The recorded result: French-Wabanaki Confederacy victory. Recorded strength: 160 regulars; 60 militia; 100 Indian warriors against 1,150 regulars (first siege); 850 regulars (second siege).

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Detail from a 1713 map showing the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, an area that saw conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession. Map is annotated as follows: A: Port Royal, Acadia B: Boston, Pro
Detail from a 1713 map showing the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, an area that saw conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession. Map is annotated as follows: A: Port Royal, Acadia B: Boston, Pro. John Thornton; annotations by User:Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 September 1707
WherePort-Royal, Canada44.711N, 65.610W
OutcomeFrench-Wabanaki Confederacy victory
BelligerentsKingdom of France; New France; Wabanaki ConfederacyagainstKingdom of Great Britain; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; New Hampshire
Casualties and losses5+ killed; 20 woundedand16 killed; 16 wounded
Part ofQueen Anne's War1702 to 1713

Where it sits in the Queen Anne's War

Battle of Flint River, 1702Newfoundland Expedition, 1702Siege of St. Augustine, 1702Battle of Falmouth, 1703Raid on Grand Pré, 1704Raid on Deerfield, 1704Battle of Bonavista, 1704Siege of St. John's, 1705Siege of Port-Royal, 1707Siege of Port Royal, 1707Second Siege of Pesacola, 1707Siege of Pensacola, 1707Raid on Haverhill, 1708Battle of St. John's, 1709Battle of Fort Albany, 1709Siege of Port Royal, 1710Battle of Bloody Creek, 171117021711Siege of Port Royal, 1707
17 placed engagements of the Queen Anne's War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 September 1707
to 17 June 1707
PlacePort-Royal, Canada
44.711N, 65.610W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength160 regulars; 60 militia; 100 Indian warriors1,150 regulars (first siege); 850 regulars (second siege)
Casualties and losses5+ killed; 20 wounded16 killed; 16 wounded
Commanders
  • Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
  • Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
  • Pierre Morpain
  • John March (colonel)
  • Francis Wainwright
  • Charles Stuckley
  • Winthrop Hilton
  • Cyprian Southack
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1690 and 1707.

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Elsewhere in 1707

Siege of Port Royal is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3079017, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Port Royal (1707), revision 1375237607, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.