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Louisbourg in 1745: The Anonymous, Lettre D'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton) Containing a narrative of an eye-witness of the siege in 1745. University of Toronto. – Also: Louisbourg in 1745 at Google Books – Only account from the French viewpoint except the official reports "Letters Relating to the Expedition Against Cape Breton".
Acadia in the year 1743, with Tatamagouche at the north coast of the Acadian peninsula Cannon from Captain Fones' ship Tartar, Newport Historical Society. The action of 15 June 1745 (also known as the Battle of Famme Goose Bay [9]) was a naval encounter between three New England vessels and a French and native relief convoy en route to relieve the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) during King George ...
Thomas Arne enlarges the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens, taking on John Hebden as principal cellist and bassoonist. Giovanni Battista Pescetti returns to Venice and becomes Second Organist at St Mark's Basilica. After 1745 Bach performs the Passion cantata pastiche Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt (BC D 10).
Colored engraving depicting the Siege of Louisbourg Following a 47-day siege, British forces captured the Fortress of Louisbourg in July 1745. The war was also fought on the frontiers between the northern British colonies and New France. Each side had allies among the Native Americans, and outlying villages were raided and captives taken for ...
The Louisbourg Garrison (which constituted the bulk of the Île-Royale Garrison) was a French body of troops stationed at the Fortress of Louisbourg protecting the town of Louisbourg, Île-Royale on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. They were stationed there from 1717 to 1758, with the exception of a brief period (1745–1749) when the colony ...
The most significant incident was the capture of the French Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island (Île Royale) by an expedition (29 April – 16 June 1745) of colonial militia organised by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley, commanded by William Pepperrell of Maine (then part of Massachusetts), and assisted by a Royal Navy fleet.
Despite the absence of support from the Royal Navy, the New England expedition set out in March 1745 for Louisbourg. [47] More than 4,000 men on more than 90 transports (mainly fishing boats and coastal traders), escorted by six colonial guard ships, descended on Canso, where the expedition waited for the ice to clear from Gabarus Bay, the site ...
The Duc d'Anville expedition (June – October 1746) was sent from France to recapture Louisbourg and take peninsular Acadia (present-day mainland Nova Scotia).The expedition was the largest military force ever to set sail for the New World prior to the American Revolutionary War. [1]