Moncton had been sent on the St.…
September 1758 CE
Roger Morris conducts the Cape Sable Campaign, and Wolfe is sent on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign, in which the British want to remove resources from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to prevent any interference with the anticipated Siege of Quebec.
As well, the Gaspé Bay and Miramichi settlements are vital to Quebec, supplying the capital with fish.
Wolfe arrives on the HMS Royal William at Gaspé Bay on September 5, 1758.
At the beginning of the war the township had three hundred inhabitants, but by the time of the raid there are only sixty.
The seigneur is Pierre Revol.
Sir Charles Hardy takes possession of the site and the villagers fled to the woods.
The summary report of the raid states that fifteen houses, a saw mill and a smith’s forge were destroyed.
Of the sixty settlers, thirty-seven will be taken on the British transports and returned to France (many of them were originally from St. Malo), while six escape.
About eighteen are unaccounted for.
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Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo
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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 Rogers
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James Wolfe
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
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Robert Rogers
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William Johnson, 1st Baronet
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