The British begin operations to deport Acadians…

August 1758 CE

The British begin operations to deport Acadians from Ile St. Jean, Ile Royale, and present-day New Brunswick. 

Under orders from General Amherst, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Rollo of the 22nd Regiment leads the British deportation operations.

Amherst has ordered Rollo to take possession of Ile Saint-Jean, build Fort Amherst on the site of Port-la-Joye, and deport the Acadians.

A large party with the Light Infantry of the 22nd, 40th, and 45th Regiments and one hundred and forty-three Rangers under Rollo's command sails for the Island of St. Johns on August 8.

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Louisbourg Nova Scotia Canada View →

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Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo View → George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe View → George II of Great Britain View → James Abercrombie View → James Rogers View → James Wolfe View → Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst View → Louis-Joseph de Montcalm View → Robert Rogers View → William Johnson, 1st Baronet View →

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Abenaki people (Amerind tribe) View → Mi'kmaq people (Amerind tribe) View → New France (French Colony) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Acadian people View → New Hampshire, English royal Province of 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 → French and Indian War View → Acadians, Expulsion of the View → Ile Saint-Jean Campaign View →

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