British forces have assembled at Halifax, where…
May 1758 CE
After a large gathering at the Great Pontack, the Royal Navy fleet departs from Halifax for Louisbourg on May 29.
The fleet consists of one hundred and fifty transport ships and forty men-of-war.
Housed in these ships are almost fourteen thousand soldiers, almost all of whom are regulars (with the exception of four companies of American rangers).
The force is divided into three divisions: Red, commanded by James Wolfe, Blue, commanded by Charles Lawrence, and White commanded by Edward Whitmore.
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People
Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour
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Charles Lawrence
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Edward Boscawen
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Edward Whitmore
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George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe
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George II of Great Britain
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James Abercrombie
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James Wolfe
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Jean Vauquelin
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
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John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
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Louis-Joseph Beaussier de l'Isle
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
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Robert Rogers
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Thomas Gage
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William Johnson, 1st Baronet
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William Pitt
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Groups
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
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Abenaki people (Amerind tribe)
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Mohawk people (Amerind tribe)
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Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe)
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Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans)
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New France (French Colony)
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Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe)
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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
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Ohio Country
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New York, Province of (English Colony)
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New Hampshire, English royal Province of
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Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
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New Jersey (English Colony)
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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Nova Scotia (British Colony)
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