Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
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The siege of Louisbourg was the 1745 capture of the French settlement of Louisbourg on present-day Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, by British North American forces during the War of the Austrian Succ
The landing of troops from New England on the island of Cape Breton to attack Louisbourg, Unknown author
The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by Peter Monamy
Provincial troops during the siege
The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745
The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
…were eventually overruled, and Louisbourg was returned, over the objections of the victorious British North Americans, to French control after the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, in return for French concessions elsewhere. From 1688 onward a number of military campaigns had been fought between the French and their allies and…
Celebration of the Peace by Jacques Dumont
The Duke of Newcastle, who delayed negotiations, hoping to improve the British position
Philip of Spain (1720–1765); Austria ceded him the Duchies of Parma, and Guastalla
Maria Theresa's determination to recover Silesia was a key factor in the 1756 Diplomatic Revolution