In 1704 the French King Louis XIV ordered the Kings Engineer, Levasseur De Néré to draw up a plan in order fortify the Jesuit Mission during the War of Spanish Succession to provide protection for the families of the Abenaki and Sokoki warriors who had sided with the French against the English and the Iroquois during the war and in prior conflicts. Governor Callière subsequently ordered the construction of defensive features such as redoubts and a 4.7 m high palisade that was to be reinforced with stone bastions. During this war Abenaki warriors were involved in numerous raids and conflicts such as the infamous Deerfield Raid of February 29, 1704 in which 112 English captives were taken.