Battle of La Prairie

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The Battle of La Prairie was a 1691 engagement in New France during King William’s War, in which French and allied Indigenous forces repelled an English and Iroquois expedition near Montreal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine ⓘ
belligerent English colonies in North America ⓘ
France ⓘ
French colonial militia ⓘ
Indigenous allies of France ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
New France ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
campaign English and Iroquois expedition against Montreal ⓘ
combatant1 French colonial forces ⓘ
Indigenous allies of New France ⓘ
combatant2 English colonial forces ⓘ
Iroquois warriors ⓘ
commander John Schuyler ⓘ
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ⓘ
conflict King William's War ⓘ
countryAtTime New France ⓘ
date 1691-08-11 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
involvedIndigenousPeoples Indigenous allies of New France ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
location La Prairie, New France ⓘ
near Montreal ⓘ
objective defense of Montreal ⓘ
partOf King William's War ⓘ
precededBy raids by New York and Iroquois forces into New France ⓘ
presentDayLocation La Prairie, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
linked to: La Prairie, Quebec
relatedConflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
result English and Iroquois expedition repelled ⓘ
French and allied Indigenous victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped secure Montreal against English and Iroquois raids ⓘ
theatre North American theater of the Nine Years' War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ
year 1691 ⓘ

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King William's War → hasPart → Battle of La Prairie ⓘ
Battle of La Prairie → alsoKnownAs → Battle of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine ⓘ
linked to: Battle of La Prairie
La Prairie, New France → associatedWithEvent → Battle of La Prairie (1691) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of La Prairie