Raid on Saint John
| Raid on Saint John | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Fort Frederick (Saint John, New Brunswick) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Colonies | Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jeremiah O'Brien Stephen Smith | Frederick Sterling | ||||||
The raid on Saint John took place on 27 August 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American privateers from Machias, Massachusetts attacking Saint John, Nova Scotia on the northeast shore of the Bay of Fundy (in present day New Brunswick) Saint John and the rest of New Brunswick would later split from Nova Scotia. The privateers intended to stop the export of supplies being sent to the loyalists in Boston. This raid was the first hostile act committed against Nova Scotia and it resulted in raising the militia across the colony.