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Capture and Destruction of St. John's

When
1696
Where
St. John's, Newfoundland
Part of
Iberville's Attack on St. John's

D'Iberville captures and destroys St. John's and its fortifications during the 1696 Avalon Peninsula Campaign.

The French admiral Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville captured the town of St. John's on the Avalon Peninsula. He destroyed the settlement and its fortifications, including Fort William, leaving the area in rubble and disrupting English presence.

Sources

  1. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-07

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