KING WILLIAM'S WAR. The name com monly given to that part of the struggle known in European history as the 11 ar of the League of Augsburg which was fought in America. From one point of view the War of the League of Augsburg was a war waged by the Grand Alliance against the ambitious schemes of Louis XIV. for the territorial aggrandizement of France in Europe; from another it was the first of a series of conflicts, sometimes called the ''eeond Hun dred Years' War,' between France and England for colonial supremacy. (See FRANCE ; and Louis XIV.) In America the active operations of the war were begun by Front enae. then Governor of New France, who in the winter of 1689-90 sent out three expeditions, eamposed of French and Indians, against the border towns of New York and New England. One of these expeditious sur prised and destroyed the town of Schenectady, near Albany, and massacred or carried into Cap tivity many of the inhabitants; another brought a like fate to the village of Salmon Falls in New Hampshire; the third took in Casco in southwest ern Maine. and harried other settlements in north ern New England. Aroused by the common dan ger, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New York, by invitation of Jacob Leisler (cis.), de facto Governor of New York. sent delegates to a colonial Congress, which met at New York in May, 1690, and discussed plans of attack and defense. The Congress determined to attempt the conquest of Canada, and planned expeditions both by sea and land. The land expe
dition, composed chiefly of troops from Connecti cut and New York under Fitz John Winthrop, failed miserably; the main body got no farther than the head of Lake Champlain. though a small detachment pushed on and raided La Prairie. op posite Montreal. The fleet, under command of Sir William Phipps, who earlier in the year had led a successful expedition against Port Royal in Acadia, appeared before Quebec in October, 1600; but, owing to the failure of the English land expedition, the French were able to garrison the town with so strong a force that the English attack was easily repulsed. Phipps then gave up the attempt, and with forces much diminished by disease and shipwreck returned home. The remainder of the war consisted chiefly of border raids, by which much suffering was inflicted without any substantial results being gained by either side. The struggle was brought to a close in 1697 by the Peace of Ryswick. By its terms Loris XIV. gave up, with a few exceptions, all the conquests he had made in Europe since 1678, and recognized William III. as King of Great Britain, while there was to be a mutual resti tution in America of all conquered territory. Consult: Parkman, Frontenac and New France Under Louis (Boston, 1877) ; Drake, The Border Wars of New England, Commonly Called King William's and Queen Anne's Wars (New York, 18971 : and Myrand. Sir William Phipps devant Quebec ( Quebec,