Download or read book The Capture of Louisbourg 1758 written by Hugh Boscawen and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisbourg, France's impressive fortress on Cape Breton Island's foggy Atlantic coast, dominated access to the St. Lawrence and colonial New France for forty years in the mid-eighteenth century. In 1755, Great Britain and France stumbled into the French and Indian War, part of what (to Europe) became the Seven Years' War—only for British forces to suffer successive defeats. In 1758, Britain and France, as well as Indian nations caught in the rivalry, fought for high stakes: the future of colonial America. Hugh Boscawen describes how Britain's war minister William Pitt launched four fleets in a coordinated campaign to prevent France from reinforcing Louisbourg. As the author shows, the Royal Navy outfought its opponents before General Jeffery Amherst and Brigadier James Wolfe successfully led 14,000 British regulars, including American-born redcoats, rangers, and carpenters, in a hard-fought assault landing. Together they besieged the fortress, which surrendered after forty-nine days. The victory marked a turning point in British fortunes and precipitated the end of French rule in North America. Boscawen, an experienced soldier and sailor, and a direct descendant of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen, who commanded the Royal Navy fleet at Louisbourg, examines the pivotal 1758 Louisbourg campaign from both the British and French perspectives. Drawing on myriad primary sources, including previously unpublished correspondence, Boscawen also answers the question "What did the soldiers and sailors who fought there do all day?" The result is the most comprehensive history of this strategically important campaign ever written.
Download or read book Louisbourg 1758 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring information from a previously unpublished journal, an illustrated account of this strategically important battle in Canada. Louisbourg represented a major threat to Anglo-American plans to invade Canada. Bypassing it would leave an immensely powerful enemy base astride the Anglo-American lines of communication – Louisbourg had to be taken. Faced with strong beach defences and rough weather, it took six days to land the troops, and it was only due to a stroke of daring on the part of a young brigadier named James Wolfe, who managed to turn the French beach position, that this was achieved. The story is largely based on firsthand accounts from the journals of several participants, including French Governor Drucour's, whose excellent account has never been published.
Download or read book The Great Fortress A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720 1760 written by William Wood and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisbourg was for 40 years a military base in America that seems to have been very disliked by everyone including those who lived there. There were a series of battles which are described in this book, that took place between the French, the colonists, the Americans and the British, who eventually destroyed it.
Download or read book The Capture of Louisbourg in 1758 written by John Franklin Shafroth and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisbourg from Its Foundation to Its Fall 1713 1758 written by John Stewart McLennan and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Capture of Louisbourg in 1759 written by John Franklin Shafroth and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Capture of Louisbourg written by George Leon Walker and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frigates and Foremasts written by Julian Gwyn and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of naval operations involving North American squadrons in Nova Scotia waters, Frigates and Foremasts offers a masterful analysis of the motives behind the deployment of Royal Navy vessels between 1745 and 1815, and the navy’s role on the Western Atlantic. Interweaving historical analysis with vivid descriptions of pivotal events from the first siege of Louisbourg in 1745 to the end of the wars with the United States and France in 1815, Julian Gwyn illuminates the complex story of competing interests among the Admiralty, Navy Board, sea officers, and government officials on both sides of the Atlantic. In a gripping narrative encompassing sea battles, impressments, and privateering, Gwyn brings to life key events and central figures. He examines the role of leadership and the lack of it, not only of seagoing heroes from Peter Warren to Philip Broke, but also of land-based officials, such as the various Halifax naval yard commissioners, whose important contributions are brought to light. Gwyn’s brilliant evocation of people and events, and the scholarship he brings to bear on the subject makes Frigates and Foremasts a uniquely authoritative history. Wonderfully readable, it will attract both the serious naval historian and the general reader interested in the ‘why’ and ‘what’ of naval history on North America's eastern seaboard.
Download or read book The Capture of Louisbourg in 1758 written by John F. Shafroth and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg in June and July 1758 written by A. Spectator and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Siege of Louisbourg was a significant success in Britain's conquest of Canada from the French during the Seven Years War. This is a brief contemporary account of the dramatic siege, ordered by Britain's aggressively expansionist Prime Minister, William Pitt the Elder. An amphibious force was formed in Halifax to attack and reduce the French fortresss of Louisbourg on Novia Scotia. The military force was commanded by General Jeffrey Amhurst, while Admiral Edward Boscawen commanded the strong Fleet that accompanied the soldiers, one of whose commanders was the youthful James Wolfe who later achieved fame in the hour of his death by conquering Quebec. On the first day of the siege, June 8th, 1758, British troops succeeded in breaching the French defences, and French spirits were further lowered when their flagship L'Entreppenant was hit by a mortar, caught fire and blew up taking two other vessels with her. When the port's Governor Drucour offered to surrender at the end of July he was refused the honours of war by Amhurst, and the French retaliated by destroying their weapons rather than handing them over to the British. Upon receiving the French capitulation the British systematically destroyed the port, ensuring that it would never be fortified by the French again. This book gives a day by day account of the siege and should be read by all those interested in 18th century warfare and the building of British Canada.
Download or read book Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 written by David Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1772 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copy of the original journal made sometime later by Gordon's son, William Augustus Gordon. During the siege of the fortress of Louisbourg, located on the southern coast of Cape Breton Island, Gordon kept this detailed account of the British military operations. The contents of the journal include a description of the British forces and fleet, names of officers, a daily account of the military activities and orders given, the final capture of Louisbourg and the British terms of surrender followed by a list of casualties and losses of naval equipment.
Download or read book The Louisbourg Expedition of 1745 written by Everett Pepperrell Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg in June and July 1758 By a Spectator written by Spectator and published by . This book was released on 1758 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Siege and Capture of Louisbourg 1745 written by Sir Adams George Archibald and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisbourg written by Fairfax Downey and published by Englewood Cliffs, N. J : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1965 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the construction of the French fortress in 1720 by Louis 15th and its capture by British forces in 1745 and in 1758, when it was destroyed.
Download or read book The Taking of Louisburg 1745 written by Samuel Adams Drake and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
