The siege was led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Baron de St Castin between August 14–15, 1696.

[5] During King William's War, the area became a battleground as the French and English fought to determine the boundaries of their empires.

There were eighteen cannon mounted in the gun ports of six-foot thick walls that rose ten to twenty feet above the ground.

[8] D'Iberville knew that he would require both a land-based cannon assault and war ships to conquer the fort.

In the terms of his surrender, Chubb arranged for his men to be escorted to Boston and exchanged for French and Indian prisoners held there.

D'Iberville and the natives continued on to the English colony of Newfoundland and raided many villages in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.