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===King William's War=== ====Siege of Pemaquid (1689)==== {{main|Siege of Pemaquid (1689)}} During [[King William's War]]βthe first of four [[French and Indian Wars]]βFort Charles and the village were attacked and destroyed in 1689 by the French from [[Castine, Maine]]. The inhabitants of Pemaquid were either killed or taken prisoner.<ref name="Varney 1886">{{Citation | last = Varney | first = George J. | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Bristol | place = Boston | publisher = Russell | year = 1886 | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/bristol-me.htm | access-date = 2007-10-18 | archive-date = 2013-08-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130814172003/http://history.rays-place.com/me/bristol-me.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> ====Siege of Pemaquid (1696)==== {{Main|Siege of Pemaquid (1696)}} [[Image:Stone Castle of Fort William Henry, Pemaquid Beach, ME.jpg|thumb|right|Replica of [[Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine)|Fort William Henry]] in 1909]] By 1692, the English regained control of the region, and [[William Phips|Sir William Phipps]] ordered construction of [[Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine)|Fort William Henry]], named after King [[William III of England]]. This time built of stone.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.friendsofcolonialpemaquid.org/PNewHistory.html |title=History -- Friends of Colonial Pemaquid |access-date=2011-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814032030/http://www.friendsofcolonialpemaquid.org/PNewHistory.html |archive-date=2013-08-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On August 14β15, 1696, the famous [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] captured and destroyed the fort along with a combined force of [[French people|French]] and Indians from present-day [[Castine, Maine|Castine]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Reid|first=John G.|author-link=John G. Reid|chapter=1686β1720: Imperial Intrusions|editor1=Phillip Buckner|editor2=John G. Reid|title=The Atlantic Region to Confederation: A History|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P2spDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|year=1994|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4875-1676-5|page=83|jstor=j.ctt15jjfrm}}</ref> Commander of the fort, Captain Pascoe Chubb surrendered the fort. Iberville killed three of the soldiers and sent the other ninety-two back to Boston. In response to this raid [[Benjamin Church (ranger)|Benjamin Church]] was sent from Boston to attack [[Acadia]].<ref name="Coolidge"/>
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