Battle of Long Sault

Battle of Long Sault
	Part of the Beaver Wars
	; Engraving depicting Adam Dollard des Ormeaux with a keg of gunpowder above his head.
Date	Five days in early May 1660
Location	Long Sault, Ottawa River, New France
Belligerents
France; Huron; Algonquin	Iroquois
Commanders and leaders
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux †; Etienne Annahotaha (fr) †; Mituvemeg †	unknown
Strength
17 French militia; 44 Huron warriors; 1 fort	~700 warriors; 1 fort
Casualties and losses
54 killed; 1 captured (killed later); 1 fort captured	Very Heavy
	; Both the Iroquois and the French used war-canoes during the engagement. Two of the Iroquois canoes were damaged and all of the French canoes were destroyed.; The one French prisoner was later killed after the battle.;

The Battle of Long Sault occurred over a five-day period in early May 1660 during the Beaver Wars. It was fought between French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, against the Iroquois Confederacy.

Some historians theorize that the Iroquois called off an intended attack on French settlements because one of their chiefs was killed in this battle, while others claim that the battle provided enough trophies to temper Iroquois aims.

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