Weather conditions in the first week of…

June 1758 CE

Weather conditions in the first week of June make any landing impossible and the British are only able to mount a bombardment of the improvised shore defenses of Gabarus Bay from a frigate.

However, conditions improve, and at daybreak on June 8, Amherst launches his assault using a flotilla of large boats, organized in seven divisions, each commanded by one of his brigadiers.

French defenses are initially successful and after heavy losses, Wolfe orders a retreat.

However, at the last minute, a boatload of light infantry in Wolfe's division (i.e., members of Rogers' Rangers) find a rocky inlet protected from French fire and secure a beachhead.

Wolfe redirects the rest of his division to follow.

Outflanked, the French retreat rapidly back to their fortress.

Locations
Louisbourg Nova Scotia Canada View →

People
Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour View → Charles Lawrence View → Edward Boscawen View → Edward Whitmore View → George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe View → George II of Great Britain View → James Abercrombie View → James Wolfe View → Jean Vauquelin View → Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst View → John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun View → Louis-Joseph Beaussier de l'Isle View → Louis-Joseph de Montcalm View → Robert Rogers View → Thomas Gage View → William Johnson, 1st Baronet View → William Pitt View →

Groups
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) View → Abenaki people (Amerind tribe) View → Mohawk people (Amerind tribe) View → Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe) View → Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) View → New France (French Colony) View → Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Ohio Country View → New York, Province of (English Colony) View → New Hampshire, English royal Province of View → Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony) View → New Jersey (English Colony) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Nova Scotia (British Colony) View →

Topics
Colonization of the Americas, French View → Colonization of the Americas, British View → French and Indian War View → Louisbourg, Siege of (1758) View →

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Conflict View →

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