Great Swamp Fight

Timeline

1. 1675Rhode Island · Rhode IslandMassachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and other colonies formed a joint force of about a thousand men, marching through bitter cold nights toward the Narragansett winter fort at the Great Swamp, intending to destroy their war-making capacity in one blow.
2. 1675Great Swamp Indian Fort · Rhode IslandColonial troops broke through the palisade and swamp defenses into the circular camp, and fierce close combat ensued. Narragansett warriors held the fort; the camp caught fire during the fighting, trapping many non-combatants, and the battle lasted several hours.
3. 1675–1676New England · New EnglandThe colonial forces claimed victory but suffered over a hundred casualties; Narragansett losses were even heavier and the camp was destroyed. The battle drove more tribes into the anti-colonial alliance while also creating conditions for later colonial counteroffensives.