Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
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The siege of Louisbourg was fought during the Seven Years' War on Cape Breton Island between an attacking British force and defending French and Mi'kmaq troops. The French attempted to send reinforcem
1758 painting of the siege
Major General Jeffery Amherst was tasked with the capture of the French Fortress of Louisbourg
The fall of Louisbourg brought a second wave of the Acadian expulsion, as the British engaged in a series of campaigns to deport the Acadians
French cannons captured from Louisbourg in Toronto
Expulsion of the Acadians
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The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of the French colonists of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It included the modern Ca
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
…the last of the British garrison departed along with most of the remaining civilian inhabitants. The fall of Louisbourg brought a second wave of the Acadian expulsion, as the British engaged in a series of campaigns to deport the Acadians French cannons captured from Louisbourg in Toronto The statue of Jean Vauquelin…
British Army officer and Governor, Charles Lawrence
Deportation of the Acadians, Grand-Pré
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot