Recruitment for an attack on Beauséjour had…

June 1755 CE

Recruitment for an attack on Beauséjour had been done by Colonel Shirley of Massachusetts.

He has been able to gather two thousand men, who will be led by Colonel Winslow, Lieutenant-Colonel George Scott, and Robert Monckton.

The expedition had left Boston on May 22, 1755, and arrives at Fort Lawrence on June 2, where an additional four hundred men joins the expedition.

The English expedition starts moving towards Fort Beauséjour on June 4.

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Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia Canada View →

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Edward Cornwallis View → George II of Great Britain View → Louis XV of France View → Robert Monckton View →

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Abenaki people (Amerind tribe) View → Maliseet, or Wolastoqiyik, people (Amerind tribe) View → Mi'kmaq people (Amerind tribe) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Wabanaki Confederacy View → Passamaquoddy (Amerind tribe) View → New France (French Colony) View → Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England) View → Puritans View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Nova Scotia (British Colony) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, French View → Colonization of the Americas, British View → Father Le Loutre's War View → French and Indian War View → Fort Beauséjour, Battle of View →

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