Raid on Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1775)

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Raid on Yarmouth (1775)
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date December 5, 1775 Location Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Result American victory
Belligerents
Massachusetts Bay Privateers	Great Britain
Strength
2 armed schooners (80 men each)	Local militia

The Raid on Yarmouth took place on 5 December 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American Privateers from Salem, Massachusetts attacking Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at Cape Forchu. The privateers intended to stop the export of supplies being sent from Nova Scotia to the loyalists in Boston.^[1][2]