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The '''Battle of Fort Loyal''' (May 20, 1690) was the capture and destruction of an English settlement on the Falmouth neck (site of present-day [[Portland, Maine]]), then part of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. After two days of siege, the settlement's fort, called Fort Loyal (sometimes spelled "Loyall"), surrendered. The community's buildings were burned, including the wooden stockade fort, and its people were either killed or taken prisoner. |
The '''Battle of Fort Loyal''' (May 20, 1690) was the capture and destruction of an English settlement on the Falmouth neck (site of present-day [[Portland, Maine]]), then part of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. After two days of siege, the settlement's fort, called Fort Loyal (sometimes spelled "Loyall"), surrendered. The community's buildings were burned, including the wooden stockade fort, and its people were either killed or taken prisoner. |
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The earliest garrison tt Famouth was Fort Loyal (1678) in what was then the center of town, the foot of India Street. In May 1690, four hundred to five hundred French and Indian troops attacked the settlement. Grossly outnumbered, the settlers held out for four days before surrendering. Eventually two hundred were murdered and left in a large heap a few paces from what is now the popular Benkay sushi restaurant. When a fresh Indian war broke out in 1716, authorities decided to demolish the fort and evacuate the city rather than risk another catastrophe.<ref>http://www.downeast.com/magazine/2010/may/casco-forgotten-forts</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:14, 20 December 2011
The Battle of Fort Loyal (May 20, 1690) was the capture and destruction of an English settlement on the Falmouth neck (site of present-day Portland, Maine), then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. After two days of siege, the settlement's fort, called Fort Loyal (sometimes spelled "Loyall"), surrendered. The community's buildings were burned, including the wooden stockade fort, and its people were either killed or taken prisoner.
The earliest garrison tt Famouth was Fort Loyal (1678) in what was then the center of town, the foot of India Street. In May 1690, four hundred to five hundred French and Indian troops attacked the settlement. Grossly outnumbered, the settlers held out for four days before surrendering. Eventually two hundred were murdered and left in a large heap a few paces from what is now the popular Benkay sushi restaurant. When a fresh Indian war broke out in 1716, authorities decided to demolish the fort and evacuate the city rather than risk another catastrophe.[1]
References
- Hull, John Thomas. The Siege and Capture of Fort Loyall
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