 D'Iberville even offered equipment and supplies for that purpose.However, an attempt at a punitive expedition against the Creek resulted in a rout of the Spanish and their Apalachee allies in October 1702, shortly before news of war declarations bringing England into the War of the Spanish Succession arrived.After a failed English assault on St. Augustine, Spanish mission towns were severely reduced by numerous raids by Carolina-led Indians against the Spanish mission network from 1703 to 1706.