The British government realizes that with the…

February 1758 CE

The British government realizes that with the Fortress of Louisbourg under French control, there is no way that the Royal Navy can sail up the St. Lawrence River for an attack on Quebec unmolested.

After the expedition against Louisbourg in 1757 led by Lord Loudon was turned back due to a strong French naval deployment, the British under the leadership of William Pitt has resolved to try again with new commanders.

Pitt assigns the duty of capturing the fortress to Major General Jeffrey Amherst.

Amherst's brigadiers are Charles Lawrence, James Wolfe and Edward Whitmore, and command of naval operations is assigned to Admiral Edward Boscawen.

The chief engineer is John Henry Bastide, who had been present at the first siege of Louisbourg in 1745 and had been chief engineer at Fort St Philip, Minorca, in 1756 when the British had surrendered the fort and island to the French after a long siege.

Locations
Halifax Nova Scotia Canada View →

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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 Henry Bastide 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 →

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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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