When Boishébert receives word that the British…
August 1755 CE
During the Bay of Fundy Campaign on August 28, Monckton sends Major Joseph Frye with an expedition of two hundred provincial militia from Fort Cumberland in two armed sloops, with instructions to clear Acadians settlements on the Petitcodiac River.
After setting the buildings on fire at Shepody, New Brunswick, they begin moving up the river, torching settlements and taking prisoners along the way.
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Abenaki people (Amerind tribe)
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Maliseet, or Wolastoqiyik, people (Amerind tribe)
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Mi'kmaq people (Amerind tribe)
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Wabanaki Confederacy
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Passamaquoddy (Amerind tribe)
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New France (French Colony)
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Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England)
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Puritans
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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
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Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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Nova Scotia (British Colony)
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