The St. John River Campaign occurred Coming_to_be during the French and Indian War when Colonel Robert Monckton led a force of 1150 British soldiers to destroy Destroying the Acadian settlements along the banks of the Saint John River until they reached Arriving the largest village of Sainte-Anne des Pays-Bas ( present day Fredericton , New Brunswick ) in February 1759 .

Monckton was accompanied by Captain George Scott as well as New England Rangers led by Joseph Goreham , Captain Benoni Danks , as well as William Stark and Moses Hazen , both of Rogers ' Rangers .