Jean-Louis Le Loutre
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Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Le Loutre became the leader of the French forces and the Acadian and Mi'kmaq militias during King
Vicar general Le Loutre
Plaque at Father Le Loutre's Mission, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Le Loutre retrieved this bell from the Beaubassin church during the Battle at Chignecto (1750); he retrieved the bell again from the Beausejour Cathedral during the Battle of Fort Beauséjour.
Fort Beausejour and Cathedral (c. 1755)
Duc d'Anville expedition
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The Duc d'Anville expedition was sent from France to recapture Louisbourg and take peninsular Acadia. The expedition was the largest French military force to set sail for the New World prior to the Am
Samuel Scott's Action between HMS Nottingham and the Mars. Le Mars was returning to France after the failed Duc d'Anville Expedition, 11 October 1746 and was subsequently captured.
Admiral Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, Duc d'Anville
Duc d'Anville approaching Chebucto, Westin Hotel Murial (inset), Halifax, Nova Scotia
Duc d'Anville Encampment Monument, Birch Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia