Battle of Petitcodiac

Battle of Petitcodiac
Part of the French and Indian War
A portrait of Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot
Date September 4, 1755 Location Village-des-Blanchard, Acadia Result French-Indian victory
Belligerents
France  New France Mi'kmaq	Massachusetts
Commanders and leaders
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot	Joseph Frye Silvanus Cobb Joseph Gorham
Strength
300	200
Casualties and losses
1 killed 3 wounded	22-42 killed 6 wounded 45 captured[1][2]

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.