Battle of Petitcodiac

Battle of Petitcodiac

The Battle of Petitcodiac was fought between the French and the British On September 4th, 1755 near Hillsborough, New Brunswick. After the capture of Fort Beausejour during the Seven Years War, in an attempt to gain control over the region, the British sent a punitive expedition consisting of two companies of British colonial troops into the Petitcodiac River Valley to destroy the Acadian settlements located there. While the main body finished their operation on the eastern bank, a detachment was despatched to the western bank. When the detachment under Major Frye approached Blanchard's Village, located near where Hillsborough now stands, it encountered a French forces under command of Captain Charles Deschamps de Boishebert and was driven off with heavy losses. The site is marked by a National Historic Sites and Monument plaque.

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