battle bloody creek battle bloody creek fought june queen anne war militia successfully ambushed british new_england soldiers place known battles fought creek present day nova_scotia location battle battle orchestrated attempt leaders new france weaken british hold british captured fort previous year control area battle entire british force captured killed french native allies blockade heavy weapons force unable effectively attack fort abandoned siege british reinforcements arrived sea background port royal capital french colony settled year founding served colonial capital years consequently focal point conflict english colonists new_england inhabitants destroyed english raiders led eventually rebuilt captured forces restored france september treaty siege port royal expedition new_england militia british marines captured port royal town renamed british governor nova scotia fort renamed fort anne expedition left garrison numbering men composed combination british marines new_england provincial militia garrison reinforced regular troops following months british effective control fort nearby town terms capitulation included provision french residents miles fort protected provided took appropriate oath british crown total covered provision mid january actually taken oath word port royal fall reached france marine minister ordered french catholic missionary priest loosely allied indian tribes present day maine new_brunswick harass british establish firm territory french father mother given military command received similar orders prelude winter particularly difficult british garrison reduced early effective men officers included death disease ongoing difficulty getting provisions materials needed repair fort reluctance help reluctance fueled activities refused necessary logging citing danger indian attacks counter british began sending armed parties protect logging parties sent woodlands cut wood floated river governor received reports work crews supported british harassed opposed british rule reports noted fort day infested indians villagers mile protection area harassed desperate repair fort organized force new_england militia captain accompany fort engineer expedition river instructions assure paid protected brought timber fort severity long party set indian force organized arrived area north instructions harass ambush british opportunity presented exact size composition force known precision reported sources reported low men historians report force composed claim force included british lieutenant time thought local involved thought unlikely learning recent arrival literally day according account area identity ethnicity leader uncertain governor reported led named battle new departed june heading delayed tide word force departure preceded giving indians time set ambush near mouth later known faster water mile ahead reached ambush site surprise complete men killed hearing gunfire catch directly exposed fire indians shore suffered significant casualties surrounded survivors surrendered sixteen killed wounded rest captured aftermath victory bloody creek rallied local resistance prompted nominally british protection withdraw north soon force warriors including gathered blockaded fort anne leadership defending garrison small attackers artillery unable impression fort fort accessible sea went newfoundland supplies equipment advance siege governor provided supplies ship encounter major british fleet captured expedition abandoned goal attacking quebec ships lost shores saint lawrence river governor accompanied expedition leader provincial militia returned provincial militia withdrew remained british hands remainder war indians continued resist british peace reached formally ceded britain treaty resistance motivated french desire recover concerns parties british lands liberties war ended indian disputes led war fought primarily northern new_england british settlements nova scotia attacked disputes french british resolved british conquests seven years war expulsion site scene battle seven years war designated canadian government national historic site canada
Battle of Bloody Creek (1711)