Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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leader of 1702 Raid on Deerfield
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Place of Birth: Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
About Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
- Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville (26 October 1668 – 30 June 1722) was a colonial military officer of New France in the French Marines in Canada.
- He is best known in North America for leading the raid on Deerfield, in western Province of Massachusetts Bay, against English settlers on 29 February 1704.
- A dedicated soldier, he was widely reviled by the settlers of New England for his tactics of raiding poorly defended frontier settlements.
- During Queen Anne's War he also participated in military operations against the English in Newfoundland.
- He played a role in the early settlement of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island), after that war.
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