Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
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The siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.
Burning of the French ship Prudent and capture of Bienfaisant, during the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, Richard Paton
Major General Jeffery Amherst was tasked with the capture of the French Fortress of Louisbourg
English propaganda against New France and Louisbourg, 1755
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
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
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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 of Île-Royale during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies.
The landing of troops from New England on the island of Cape Breton ton to attack Louisbourg, Unknown author
The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by Peter Monamy
New England troops during the siege
The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745