Raid on Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1775)
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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Massachusetts Bay Privateers | Kingdom of Great Britain | ||||||
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2 armed schooners (80 men each) | local militia |
The Raid on Yarmouth took place on 5 December 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American Privateers from Salem, Massachusetts attacking Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at Cape Forchu. The privateers intended to stop the export of supplies being sent from Nova Scotia to the loyalists in Boston.[1][2]
Background
During the American Revolution, Americans regularly attacked Nova Scotia by land and sea. American privateers devastated the maritime economy by raiding many of the coastal communities,
Battle
On December 5, 1775 at 10:00 in the morning two American Privateers (80 men each) from Salem, each armed with eight Carriage guns and 16 swivels, landed at Yarmouth.
Aftermath
American privateers remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war. The attacks put an end to the trade relations between Nova Scotia and New England.[9] For example, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers struck again in the Raid on Lunenburg in 1782.
See also
References
- ^ Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Vol. 3, p. 109
- ^ p.1281
- ^ Benjamin Franklin also engaged France in the war, which meant that many of the privateers were also from France.
- ^ Roger Marsters (2004). Bold Privateers: Terror, Plunder and Profit on Canada's Atlantic Coast, p. 87-89
- ^ p. 109, note 2
- ^ Naval Records of the American Revolution, Vol. 3, p. 3
- ^ Naval Records of the American Revolution, Vol. 3, p. 121
- ^ Poole, Edmund Duval (1899). Annals of Yarmouth and Barrington (Nova Scotia) in the Revolutionary War; compiled from original manuscripts, etc., contained in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth, State House, Boston, Mass. J. Murray Lawson. p. 8.
- ^ p. 5