Battle of Bloody Creek (1711)

Battle of Bloody Creek
Part of Queen Anne's War
Cairn erected in 1932 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board
Date 10/21 June 1711 Location present-day Carleton Corner, Nova Scotia Result Mi'kmaq victory
Belligerents
Great Britain New England	Abenaki First Nation Mi'kmaq people
Commanders and leaders
David Pigeon	L'Aymalle (first name and rank unknown)
Strength
70 provincial militia[1]	50–150[2]
Casualties and losses
16 killed, 9 wounded, rest captured[3]	unknown

The Battle of Bloody Creek was fought on 10/21 June 1711^[a] during Queen Anne's War. An Abenaki militia successfully ambushed British soldiers at a place that became known as Bloody Creek after the battles fought there. The creek empties into the Annapolis River at present day Carleton Corner, Nova Scotia, and was also the location of a battle in 1757.

The battle was part of an orchestrated attempt by the leaders of New France to weaken the British hold on Annapolis Royal. The British had only captured the fort the previous year and they only had a very tenuous control of the area. The battle, in which the entire British force was captured or killed, emboldened the French and their native allies to blockade Annapolis Royal.^[4] Without heavy weapons, the force was unable to effectively attack the fort, and abandoned the siege when British reinforcements arrived by sea.

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