The siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the...

The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province...

8 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences. June 9–10 – Spanish-Barbary...

18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Its two sieges, especially that of 1758, were turning points in the Anglo-French...

began the Epaulement" (June 23, 1758), An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pgs. 29, 31. (See also construction...

news of the fall of Louisbourg, putting a damper on the celebrations marking that victory. The full scope of British victories in 1758 did not reach English...

the capital with fish. After participating in the siege of Louisbourg (1758), on September 5, 1758, Wolfe arrived on HMS Royal William at Gaspé Bay. At...

second wave of the expulsion began with the French defeat at the Siege of Louisbourg (1758). Thousands of Acadians were deported from Île Saint-Jean (Prince...

uncertain. In July, 1758, a British expedition led by Major-General Jeffery Amherst successfully captured the Fortress Port of Louisbourg in the French colony...

serve in 1758, which he did, and they went on to serve under General Jeffery Amherst in his successful British expedition against Louisbourg in 1758. Amherst...

hoped to adopt a similar strategy for 1758, and decided to send the Brest fleet to boost their forces around Louisbourg. In November 1757 a French force of...

of an expedition to capture the Fortress of Louisbourg. Following the success of the siege of Louisbourg he was made commander of a force which sailed...

expedition to the fort of Louisbourg in New France. Lapérouse also took part in a second supply expedition in 1758 to Louisbourg, but as it was in the early...

(1757–1758) – Seven Years' War Siege of Küstrin (1758) – Seven Years' War Siege of Schweidnitz (1758) – Seven Years' War Siege of Louisbourg (1758) – Seven...

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) was founded by expelled Acadians. After the siege of Louisbourg (1758), a second wave of the expulsion began with the St. John River...

British Royal Navy captured her on the night of 25 July 1758 during the 1758 Siege of Louisbourg. Bienfaisant and the 74-gun Prudent were the last remaining...

evacuated the fort and set fire to it before he arrived. After Louisbourg fell on 26 July 1758, Boishébert withdrew, with the enemy in pursuit. He brought...

Lord Loudon in the Louisbourg Expedition (1757). The British would succeed however the following year in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758). In 1766, as Lieutenant...

that were "murdering and scalping our frontier Settlers". In 1758, after the fall of Louisbourg, over 3,000 Acadians were deported to northern France. Resettlement...

Minister William Pitt's focus on the colonies for the 1758 campaign paid off with the taking of Louisbourg after French reinforcements were blocked by British...

1755) Battle of Fort Carillon (8 July 1758) Siege of Louisbourg (June–July 1758) Defense of Guadeloupe (April 1758) Plains of Abraham (September 13, 1759)...

Scotia. He was the chief engineer at both of the sieges of Louisbourg (1745 and 1758) and the siege of Minorca (1756). Bastide was born about 1700, the...

(Kennington Cove). In the siege of Louisbourg, Acadian and Mi'kmaq militias began to arrive in Louisboug around 7 May 1758. By the end of the month 118...

May 28, awaiting the Siege of Louisbourg (1758). While there, they scoured the woods to stop raids on the capital. During the Siege, the rangers were the...

of Louisbourg, who were facing an impending siege, the French Atlantic Fleet sent a number of squadrons and ships to sea during the spring of 1758. To...

bombard the fortress. This lighthouse was badly damaged in 1758 during the Final Siege of Louisbourg and abandoned by the British after they demolished the...

of the Canadian state—it was a precursor to the British conquests of Louisbourg and Quebec in the middle of the century. Port Royal was the capital of...

the Seven Years' War. He arrived in 1758 in command of the frigate Atalante. Ensuring action involved Louisbourg and the naval battles with the British...

victor at Louisbourg. The French had generally poor results in 1758 in most theaters of the war. The new foreign minister was the duc de Choiseul, and...

officer, who led the French defence in the Siege of Louisbourg. He was a son of Jean-Louis de Boschenry, Baron de Drucourt and Marie-Louise Godard. Drucour...