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of Cape Breton</i> ton to attack Louisbourg<i>, Unknown author</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>12 May – 28 June 1745<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_Louisbourg" title="Fortress of Louisbourg">Louisbourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-Royale_(New_France)" title="Île-Royale (New France)">Île-Royale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada_(New_France)" title="Canada (New France)">French Canada</a></div><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Planned_French_invasion_of_Britain_(1744)" title="Planned French invasion of Britain (1744)">Planned French invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Canso" title="Raid on Canso">Canso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Campaign_(1744)" title="Newfoundland Campaign (1744)">Newfoundland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Annapolis_Royal_(1744)" title="Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744)">Annapolis Royal 1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Annapolis_Royal_(1745)" title="Siege of Annapolis Royal (1745)">Annapolis Royal 2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Toulouse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Port Toulouse (page does not exist)">Port Toulouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Vigilant" title="Capture of Vigilant">Capture of <i>Vigilant</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Louisbourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_battle_off_Tatamagouche" title="Naval battle off Tatamagouche">Tatamagouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1745)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1745)">1st Northeast Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Saratoga" title="Raid on Saratoga">Saratoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1746)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1746)">2nd Northeast Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_at_Port-la-Joye" title="Battle at Port-la-Joye">Ile Saint-Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duc_d%27Anville_expedition" title="Duc d'Anville expedition">d'Anville Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Massachusetts" title="Siege of Fort Massachusetts">Fort Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Pr%C3%A9" title="Battle of Grand Pré">Grand Pré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_at_Number_4" title="Siege of Fort at Number 4">Fort at Number 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1747)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1747)">3rd Northeast Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>Part of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>siege of Louisbourg</b> took place in 1745 when a <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> colonial force aided by a <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> fleet captured <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg" title="Louisbourg">Louisbourg</a>, the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Early modern France">French</a> province of <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-Royale_(New_France)" title="Île-Royale (New France)">Île-Royale</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a>) during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/King_George%27s_War" title="King George's War">King George's War</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_North_America" title="British North America">British colonies</a>. </p><p>The northern British colonies regarded Louisbourg as a menace, calling it the "American <a href="/wiki/Dunkirkers" title="Dunkirkers">Dunkirk</a>" due to its use as a base for <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateers</a>. There was regular, intermittent warfare between the French and the <a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki Confederacy</a> on one side and the northern New England colonies on the other (<i>See the Northeast Coast Campaigns of <a href="/wiki/King_William%27s_War#New_England,_Acadia_and_Newfoundland_Theatre" title="King William's War">1688</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1703)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1703)">1703</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1723)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1723)">1723</a>, <a href="/wiki/Father_Rale%27s_War#Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1724)" class="mw-redirect" title="Father Rale's War">1724</a></i>). For the French, the <a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_Louisbourg" title="Fortress of Louisbourg">Fortress of Louisbourg</a> also protected the chief entrance to <a href="/wiki/Canada_(New_France)" title="Canada (New France)">Canada</a>, as well as the nearby French fisheries. The French government had spent 25 years in fortifying it, and the cost of its defenses was reckoned at thirty million livres.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkman1897_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParkman1897-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the fortress's construction and layout was acknowledged as having superior seaward defences, a series of low rises behind them made it vulnerable to a land attack. The low rises provided attackers places to erect siege batteries. The fort's <a href="/wiki/Garrison" title="Garrison">garrison</a> was poorly paid and supplied, and its inexperienced leaders mistrusted them. The colonial attackers were also lacking in experience, but ultimately succeeded in gaining control of the surrounding defences. The defenders surrendered in the face of an imminent assault. </p><p>Louisbourg was an important bargaining chip in the peace negotiations to end the war, since it represented a major British success. Factions within the British government were opposed to returning it to the French as part of any peace agreement, but these were eventually overruled, and Louisbourg was returned, over the objections of the victorious British North Americans, to French control after the 1748 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle</a>, in return for French concessions elsewhere. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Context">Context</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Context"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SiegeOfLouisbourg1745.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/SiegeOfLouisbourg1745.png/400px-SiegeOfLouisbourg1745.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/SiegeOfLouisbourg1745.png 1.5x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="373" /></a><figcaption>Siege Of Louisbourg 1745</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1688 onward there had been a number of military campaigns fought between the French and their allies and the English in the region. Under the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Utrecht" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Utrecht">Treaty of Utrecht</a>, which ended the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a>, the French colony of <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a> had been ceded to Great Britain. The tribes of <a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki Confederacy</a> had a long history of raiding British settlements along Northern New England in present-day Maine. During the 17th and early-18th century, the Wabanaki fought in several campaigns, including in <a href="/wiki/King_William%27s_War#New_England,_Acadia_and_Newfoundland_Theatre" title="King William's War">1688</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1703)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1703)">1703</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1723)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1723)">1723</a>, <a href="/wiki/Father_Rale%27s_War#Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1724)" class="mw-redirect" title="Father Rale's War">1724</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the British military leaders of the siege of Louisbourg came from Northern New England, whose family members were killed in the raids. </p><p>In the summer of 1744, New Englanders' concerns of further attacks on the Northern New England increased after a French and Wabanaki force sailed from Louisbourg to the nearby British fishing port of <a href="/wiki/Canso,_Nova_Scotia" title="Canso, Nova Scotia">Canso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Canso" title="Raid on Canso">attacking a small fort</a> on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grassy_Island,_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grassy Island, Nova Scotia (page does not exist)">Grassy Island</a> and burned it to the ground, taking prisoner 50 British families. This port was used by the New England fishing fleet; however, the Canso Islands (including Grassy Island) were contested by both Britain and France. </p><p>The prisoners taken during the Canso raid were first brought to Louisbourg, where they were given freedom to move around. Some of the military men took careful note of the fortress design, layout, and condition, as well as the size and condition of its garrison and armaments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196548_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196548-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These men were eventually released to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, where their intelligence, along with that provided by merchants who did business at Louisbourg, proved useful in planning the attack. </p><p>The French, army and civilian alike, were not in the best of condition at Louisbourg. Supplies were short in 1744, and the fishermen were reluctant to sail without adequate provisions. The military rank and file claimed that they were promised a share of the spoils from the Canso raid, which had instead gone to officers, who sold those same provisions and profited in the endeavour.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196548–51_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196548–51-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1744, the troops mutinied over the poor conditions and pay that was months overdue. Even after acting Governor <a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Du_Pont_Du_Chambon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis Du Pont Du Chambon (page does not exist)">Louis Du Pont Du Chambon</a> managed to quiet the discontent by releasing back pay and supplies, the following winter was extremely tense, as the military leadership maintained a tenuous hold on the situation. Duchambon was even reluctant to send for help, fearing the message would be intercepted and spark further unrest. Word of the unrest did, however, make its way to Boston.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196552_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196552-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1745, the governor of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Shirley" title="William Shirley">William Shirley</a>, secured by a narrow margin the support of the Massachusetts legislature for an attack on the fortress. He and the governor of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire" title="Province of New Hampshire">Province of New Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benning_Wentworth" title="Benning Wentworth">Benning Wentworth</a>, sought the support of other colonies. Connecticut provided 500 troops, New Hampshire 450, Rhode Island a ship, New York ten cannons, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey funds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196557_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196557-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The force was under the command of <a href="/wiki/William_Pepperrell" title="William Pepperrell">William Pepperrell</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kittery,_Maine" title="Kittery, Maine">Kittery</a> (in the portion of the Massachusetts colony that is now the state of <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>), and a fleet of colonial ships was assembled and placed under the command of Captain <a href="/wiki/Edward_Tyng" title="Edward Tyng">Edward Tyng</a>. Governor Shirley sent to Commodore <a href="/wiki/Peter_Warren_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)">Peter Warren</a>, the chief officer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> station, a request for naval support in the event of an encounter with French warships, which would significantly outclass any of the colonial ships. Warren at first declined this offer, lacking authorization from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to assist. Only a few days later, he received orders from the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> to proceed to protect the New England fisheries. The expedition set sail from Boston in stages beginning in early March 1745 with 4,200 soldiers and sailors aboard a total of 90 ships. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canso_and_Port_Toulouse">Canso and Port Toulouse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Canso and Port Toulouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg/400px-Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg/600px-Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg/800px-Louisbourg_assiegee_en_1745.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7200" data-file-height="3702" /></a><figcaption>The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Monamy" title="Peter Monamy">Peter Monamy</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The force stopped at Canso to reprovision. There they were met by Commodore Warren, enlarging the expedition by 16 ships. In late March, the naval forces began to blockade Louisbourg, however ice fields were being swept from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_St._Lawrence" title="Gulf of St. Lawrence">Gulf of St. Lawrence</a> to the seas off Louisbourg that spring, presenting a considerable hazard to wooden-hulled sailing ships. The poor weather and general state of disorganization of the New England naval forces resulted in numerous delays to the expedition, however, they kept busy harassing French fishing and shipping in the waters surrounding Île-Royale. </p><p>With the ice fields gone by late April, the siege began in earnest. Pepperell's land forces sailed in transports from Canso. On May 2, he <a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Toulouse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Port Toulouse (page does not exist)">besieged Port Toulouse</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s,_Nova_Scotia" title="St. Peter's, Nova Scotia">St. Peter's, Nova Scotia</a>) as well as destroying several coastal villages in the area between Canso and Louisbourg. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landing">Landing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Landing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg/220px-Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg/330px-Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg/440px-Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2237" data-file-height="1529" /></a><figcaption>New England troops during the siege</figcaption></figure> <p>On May 11, <a href="/wiki/John_Gorham_(military_officer)" title="John Gorham (military officer)">John Gorham</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Gorham%27s_Rangers" title="Gorham's Rangers">rangers</a> led the charge to land troops on the shores close to the fortress. They tried to land their whale boats at Flat Point Cover while covered by the fire power of the <i>Lord Montague</i>, <i>Boston Packet</i> and <i>Massachusetts</i>. Gorham was repelled by 20 French troops that occupied the cove. Gorham quickly regrouped with several other vessels and the operation was re-directed to Kennington Cove. The French troops were unable to re-position themselves in time to stop the landing of British troops. After 1500 British were already on shore, 200 French troops arrived to repel the British, led by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Morpain" title="Pierre Morpain">Pierre Morpain</a> and De la Boularderie. Morpain retreated while De La Boularderie gave himself up as a prisoner. The British would land 2000 troops by the end of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERawlyk199941_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERawlyk199941-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Destroying_the_fisheries">Destroying the fisheries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Destroying the fisheries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While most of the troops were employed at attacking the Royal Battery, the Island Battery and Fortress Louisbourg, others were scouting around the perimeter of the fortress, destroying small fishing villages. On May 8, the Mi'kmaq defended against an attack on near-by Margaret's Bay and killed seven of Warren's troops.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 11, the English killed or took prisoner seventeen French and the French wounded three English.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 19, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Tyng" title="Edward Tyng">Edward Tyng</a> in the vessel <a href="/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Orange_(1734)" title="HMS Prince of Orange (1734)">HMS <i>Prince of Orange</i></a> along with the ship <i>Massachusetts</i> destroyed St. Ann's Bay, burning the town and shipping.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin192879,_85[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq93_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin192879,_85[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq93-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They killed 20 people and took 25 prisoners. The French killed one British soldier.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 21, the <i>Prince of Orange</i> was joined by the <i>Defence</i>, and together they destroyed <a href="/wiki/Ingonish" title="Ingonish">Ingonish</a>, burning a town of 80 houses. They continued on to destroy the towns of Bradore and Bayonne.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 23, 20 British troops from <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Moulton" title="Jeremiah Moulton">Jeremiah Moulton</a>'s Regiment attacked a small village. While they were in the village, they were surrounded by 100 fighters made up of French and Mi'kmaq. They killed 18 of the 20 British troops.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 30, the Mi'kmaq at Chapeau Rouge (<a href="/wiki/L%27Ardoise" title="L'Ardoise">L'Ardoise</a>) attacked thirteen English soldiers from Captain Fletcher's crew on the <i>Boston Packet</i>, who were seeking wood and water.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin192881[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin192881[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They killed seven English soldiers, three of whom were scalped. They also took three prisoners, two of whom were later found butchered and one later died of wounds.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 24, the <i>Defence</i> and the <i>Boston Packet</i> sent a plundering expedition on shore near "Laten".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin1928[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin1928[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the siege of Louisbourg, 1745."><img alt="Map of the siege of Louisbourg, 1745." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg/200px-Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg/300px-Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg/400px-Plan_du_siege_de_Louisbourg_1745.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="654" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of the siege of Louisbourg, 1745.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745"><img alt="The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg/200px-Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg/300px-Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg/400px-Prise_de_Louisbourg_en_1745_gravure_allemande_couleur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="746" data-file-height="454" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Massachusetts_Frigate,_c.1745.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Commanded by Tyng – Massachusetts, flagship for siege of Louisbourg, 1745[18]"><img alt="Commanded by Tyng – Massachusetts, flagship for siege of Louisbourg, 1745[18]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Massachusetts_Frigate%2C_c.1745.png/200px-Massachusetts_Frigate%2C_c.1745.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Massachusetts_Frigate%2C_c.1745.png/300px-Massachusetts_Frigate%2C_c.1745.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Massachusetts_Frigate%2C_c.1745.png/400px-Massachusetts_Frigate%2C_c.1745.png 2x" data-file-width="872" data-file-height="503" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Commanded by Tyng – <i>Massachusetts</i>, flagship for siege of Louisbourg, 1745<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin192884[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq100_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin192884[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq100-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_(Grand)_Battery"><span id="Royal_.28Grand.29_Battery"></span>Royal (Grand) Battery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Royal (Grand) Battery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Battery,_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_(inset)_by_Peter_Monamy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Royal_Battery%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png" decoding="async" width="192" height="108" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="108" /></a><figcaption>Royal Battery, Capture of Louisbourg 1745 (inset) by Peter Monamy</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon landing, the British forces immediately launched an attack on the North East Harbour (present-day <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisbourg, Nova Scotia">Louisbourg, Nova Scotia</a>). The act terrorized the French and they abandoned the Royal Battery with much of its armaments still operational.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British immediately occupied the battery and began firing at the fortress. They repulsed a French and Indian attempt to re-take the battery the following day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Island_Battery">Island Battery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Island Battery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_Battery,_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_(inset)_by_Peter_Monamy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Island_Battery%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png/220px-Island_Battery%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Island_Battery%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png 1.5x" data-file-width="231" data-file-height="133" /></a><figcaption>Island Battery, Capture of Louisbourg 1745 (inset) by Peter Monamy</figcaption></figure> <p>The Island Battery was the most formidable and took the New Englanders six weeks to silence. The Island Battery, which had 160 troops, needed to be defeated before the Royal Navy could enter the harbour. </p><p>On May 26, the 100 British troops under the command of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Waldo" title="Samuel Waldo">Samuel Waldo</a> turned the canons of the Royal Battery on the Island Battery and bombarded the battery for days. </p><p>On June 6, Captain Brooks led 400 British troops against the Island Battery and were repulsed by the French troops. The French killed 60 British troops and took 116 prisoner.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="5th_failed_attack">5th failed attack</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 5th failed attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Later on June 7, Gorham commanded 650 troops to attack but was forced to retreat. The French killed 189 New Englanders in the failed assault.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 9, the 100 British troops fight 100 French and 80 Indigenous. The British killed 40 and took seventeen prisoners. The French and Indigenous killed 6 British and wounded many more.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Careening_Wharf_Battle">Careening Wharf Battle</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Careening Wharf Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gorham and 40 rangers discovered 30 French canon at the <a href="/wiki/Careening" title="Careening">Careening</a> <a href="/wiki/Wharf" title="Wharf">Wharf</a> on June 9. The next day, the French Governor Du Chambon sent 100 inexperienced French troops under the command of Sieur de Beaubassin. Gorham and his rangers were able to launch a surprise attack on the French troops, killing five of them. One of Gorham's (Indian) rangers was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (By June 11 (new style), Beaubassin's force was decimated with many Mi’kmaw fighters killed.)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERawlyk1999133_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERawlyk1999133-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gorham’s_Battery"><span id="Gorham.E2.80.99s_Battery"></span>Gorham’s Battery</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gorham’s Battery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lighthouse_Point,_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_(inset)_by_Peter_Monamy_(1681-1749).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Lighthouse_Point%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy_%281681-1749%29.png" decoding="async" width="176" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="176" data-file-height="120" /></a><figcaption>Gorham's Battery (Lighthouse Point), Capture of Louisbourg 1745 (inset) by Peter Monamy (1681-1749)</figcaption></figure> <p>By June 21, Gorham had built a battery at <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg_Lighthouse" title="Louisbourg Lighthouse">Lighthouse Point</a>. He had hauled ten cannon from the Royal Battery. He shelled the Island Battery for five days and on June 27 the French Battery was silenced. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surrender">Surrender</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Surrender"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 27, French and native reinforcements led by Paul Marin were prevented from reaching Louisbourg in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_battle_off_Tatamagouche" title="Naval battle off Tatamagouche">Naval battle off Tatamagouche</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatterson191717–18_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatterson191717–18-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The New Englanders' landward siege was supported by Commodore Warren's fleet and, following 47 days (six weeks and five days) of siege and bombardment, the French capitulated on June 28, 1745. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortress_Louisbourg,_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_(inset)_by_Peter_Monamy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fortress_Louisbourg%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png/220px-Fortress_Louisbourg%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Fortress_Louisbourg%2C_Siege_of_Louisbourg_1745_%28inset%29_by_Peter_Monamy.png 1.5x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="177" /></a><figcaption>Fortress Louisbourg, Capture of Louisbourg 1745 (inset) by Peter Monamy</figcaption></figure> <p>News of the victory reached Governor Shirley in Boston on July 3 which, coincidentally, was commencement day at Harvard (usually a day of celebration in itself). All of New England celebrated the taking of France's mighty fortress on the Atlantic. </p><p>Losses to the New England forces in battle had been modest, although the garrison that occupied the fortress during the following winter suffered many deaths from cold and disease. After the fall of Louisbourg, the New Englanders also assumed control of <a href="/wiki/Port-la-Joye%E2%80%93Fort_Amherst" class="mw-redirect" title="Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst">Port-La-Joye</a> on present-day <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> (which the French regained in battle the following year). </p><p>Despite the British conquest of Louisbourg, the French and Wabanaki attacks continued on Northern New England in the campaigns of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1745)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1745)">1745</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1746)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1746)">1746</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1747)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1747)">1747</a>. </p><p>Duchambon's actions in the mutiny and siege were the subject of inquiries upon his return to France in August 1745. Duchambon was protected from reprisals by the actions of <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bigot" title="François Bigot">François Bigot</a>, Louisbourg's <a href="/wiki/Intendant" title="Intendant">civilian administrator</a>, who deflected much of the blame onto others. Duchambon retired from the service with a pension in March 1746. </p><p>William Pepperrell and Peter Warren were both richly rewarded for their efforts. Warren, in addition to profiting from prize money, was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">rear admiral</a>. Pepperrell was made a <a href="/wiki/Baronetcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Baronetcy">baronet</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">King George II</a> and given a commission as colonel of <a href="/wiki/Pepperrell%27s_Regiment" title="Pepperrell's Regiment">a new regiment</a>, numbered 66th at the time (but not to be confused with the later <a href="/wiki/66th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="66th Regiment of Foot">66th Regiment of Foot</a>). Governor Shirley was also given a colonel's commission to raise <a href="/wiki/Shirley%27s_Regiment" title="Shirley's Regiment">his own regiment</a>. </p><p>Both France and Britain planned expeditions to North America in the wake of the capture. The great <a href="/wiki/Duc_d%27Anville_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Duc d'Anville Expedition">Duc d'Anville Expedition</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Louis_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_La_Rochefoucauld_de_Roye" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye">Admiral Jean-Batiste, De Roye de la Rochefoucauld, Duc d'Anville</a> was dispatched from France to retake Louisbourg and recover Acadia in 1746. However it was destroyed by storms, disease, and British naval attacks and never reached the fortress. The British government made plans, based on suggestions by Shirley and Warren, for a follow-up expedition to seize <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>. For a variety of reasons, including a late start and contrary winds, the 1746 expedition did not leave European waters, and was instead diverted to <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Lorient" title="Raid on Lorient">raid the French port of Lorient</a>. Although the idea was also considered for the 1747 campaign season, it again failed to bear fruit. </p><p>When the war ended with the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle</a> in 1748, Louisbourg was returned to France in exchange for the return of <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a> to Britain, and the withdrawal of French troops from the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a>. The decision to withdraw from Louisbourg came under fierce attacks in London from opponents of the <a href="/wiki/Pelham_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Pelham Ministry">Pelham Ministry</a>, but it went ahead nonetheless. In 1758 the fortress <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)" title="Siege of Louisbourg (1758)">was captured again by the British</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>, this time permanently, as Île-Royale and much of <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a> was ceded to Britain under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1763)" title="Treaty of Paris (1763)">1763 Treaty of Paris</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_naval_officers">French naval officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: French naval officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Chevalier Guy-François de Coëtnempren (Comte de Kersaint), (Renommee) <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_England_Provincial_Troops:_Officers">New England <a href="/wiki/Provincial_troops_in_the_French_and_Indian_Wars" title="Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars">Provincial Troops</a>: Officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: New England Provincial Troops: Officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maine">Maine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Maine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1. <a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York County, Maine</a> - <a href="/wiki/William_Pepperell" class="mw-redirect" title="William Pepperell">William Pepperell</a>'s Regiment (1st Massachusetts Regiment)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurdoch186648–49_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurdoch186648–49-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Pepperrell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Pepperell of Kittery Point, Maine"><img alt="William Pepperell of Kittery Point, Maine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/William_Pepperrell.jpg/75px-William_Pepperrell.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/William_Pepperrell.jpg/112px-William_Pepperrell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/William_Pepperrell.jpg/150px-William_Pepperrell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3300" data-file-height="5278" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/William_Pepperell" class="mw-redirect" title="William Pepperell">William Pepperell</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kittery_Point,_Maine" title="Kittery Point, Maine">Kittery Point, Maine</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Bradstreet"><img alt="John Bradstreet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/100px-Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/149px-Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/199px-Thomas_McIlworth_-_General_John_Bradstreet_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3737" data-file-height="4497" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Bradstreet" title="John Bradstreet">John Bradstreet</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Joshua Winslow, Lieut. in Regiment"><img alt="Joshua Winslow, Lieut. in Regiment" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png/97px-JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png/145px-JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png/194px-JoshuaWinslowByCopley.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="371" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Winslow" title="Joshua Winslow">Joshua Winslow</a>, Lieut. in Regiment</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Green_1756_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Benjamin Green, served as secretary in the regiment"><img alt="Benjamin Green, served as secretary in the regiment" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Benjamin_Green_1756_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg/93px-Benjamin_Green_1756_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Benjamin_Green_1756_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg/140px-Benjamin_Green_1756_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Benjamin_Green_1756_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="174" data-file-height="224" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Green_(merchant)" title="Benjamin Green (merchant)">Benjamin Green</a>, served as secretary in the regiment</div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Colonel Bradstreet, Lieut Colonel Storer, Major Cutts, Captain Peter Staples, Captain Ephraim Baker, Captain John Fairfield, Captain Bray Dearing, Captain Kinslagh, Captain John Harmon, Captain Moses Butler, Captain Thomas Perkins, Captain William Warner, Captain Moses Pearson</li></ul> <p>2. <a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York County, Maine</a> - Colonel <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Moulton" title="Jeremiah Moulton">Jeremiah Moulton</a>'s Regiment (3rd Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jeremiah Moulton of York, Maine, Silver tankard given to him by William Pepperrell after siege."><img alt="Jeremiah Moulton of York, Maine, Silver tankard given to him by William Pepperrell after siege." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg/105px-MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg/158px-MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg/211px-MoultonSteinFromPepperell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Moulton" title="Jeremiah Moulton">Jeremiah Moulton</a> of <a href="/wiki/York,_Maine" title="York, Maine">York, Maine</a>, Silver <a href="/wiki/Tankard" title="Tankard">tankard</a> given to him by William Pepperrell after siege.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley,_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph Gerrish"><img alt="Joseph Gerrish" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.png/89px-Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.png" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.png/134px-Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.png/179px-Judge_Joseph_Gerrish_by_Copley%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.png 2x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gerrish" title="Joseph Gerrish">Joseph Gerrish</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Lieut. Colonel Connell; Major Ellis; Captain John Card, Captain John Lane, Christopher Marshall, Captain James Grant, Captain Charles King, Captain Peter Prescott (killed),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193216[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq42_First_Journal]_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193216[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq42_First_Journal]-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Captain Ami R. Cutter, Captain Samuel Rhodes, Captain Bartholomew Trow, Captain Estes Hatch</li></ul> <p>3. <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland County, Maine</a> - Colonel <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Waldo" title="Samuel Waldo">Samuel Waldo</a>'s Regiment (2nd Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colonel Samuel Waldo of Boston"><img alt="Colonel Samuel Waldo of Boston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg/74px-Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg/112px-Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg/149px-Brigadier_General_Samuel_Waldo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1864" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Colonel <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Waldo" title="Samuel Waldo">Samuel Waldo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Noble,_Georgetown,_Maine.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Lieut. Colonel Arthur Noble"><img alt="Lieut. Colonel Arthur Noble" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Arthur_Noble%2C_Georgetown%2C_Maine.png/95px-Arthur_Noble%2C_Georgetown%2C_Maine.png" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Arthur_Noble%2C_Georgetown%2C_Maine.png/143px-Arthur_Noble%2C_Georgetown%2C_Maine.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Arthur_Noble%2C_Georgetown%2C_Maine.png/190px-Arthur_Noble%2C_Georgetown%2C_Maine.png 2x" data-file-width="321" data-file-height="405" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Lieut. Colonel <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Noble" title="Arthur Noble">Arthur Noble</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Captain Benjamin Goldthwait Signature"><img alt="Captain Benjamin Goldthwait Signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png/120px-BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png/180px-BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png/240px-BenjaminGoldthwaiteSignature.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="98" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Captain <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Goldthwait" title="Benjamin Goldthwait">Benjamin Goldthwait</a> Signature</div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Lieut. Colonel Noble, Major William Hunt, Captains Samuel Moody, John Watts, Philip Damarisque, Daniel Hale (wounded),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193218[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq44_First_Journal]_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193218[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq44_First_Journal]-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacob Stevens, James Noble, Richard Jacques, Captain Daniel Fogg, Joseph Richardson (kept journal)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193280[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq112_Sixth_Journal]_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193280[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq112_Sixth_Journal]-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>4. <a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Maine" title="Bristol, Maine">Bristol, Maine</a> - Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sylvester_Richmond&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sylvester Richmond (page does not exist)">Sylvester Richmond</a>'s Regiment (6th Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul><li>Lieut. Colonel Pitts, Major Hodges, Captains Nathaniel Bosworth, Thomas Gilbert, Josiah Pratt, Robert Swan, Ebenezer Eastman, Cornelius Sole, John Lawrence, Nathaniel Williams, Ebenezer Nichols, Jeremiah Weston</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: New Hampshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>5. <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> – Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Moore_(military_officer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Moore (military officer) (page does not exist)">Samuel Moore (military officer)</a>'s Regiment (of Portsmouth) </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matthew_Thornton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dr. Matthew Thornton, New Hampshire Regiment"><img alt="Dr. Matthew Thornton, New Hampshire Regiment" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Matthew_Thornton.jpg/97px-Matthew_Thornton.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Matthew_Thornton.jpg/145px-Matthew_Thornton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Matthew_Thornton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="217" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dr. <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Thornton" title="Matthew Thornton">Matthew Thornton</a>, New Hampshire Regiment</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jonathan_Prescott,_Chester,_Nova_Scotia.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Dr. Jonathan Prescott"><img alt="Dr. Jonathan Prescott" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Jonathan_Prescott%2C_Chester%2C_Nova_Scotia.png/100px-Jonathan_Prescott%2C_Chester%2C_Nova_Scotia.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Jonathan_Prescott%2C_Chester%2C_Nova_Scotia.png/150px-Jonathan_Prescott%2C_Chester%2C_Nova_Scotia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Jonathan_Prescott%2C_Chester%2C_Nova_Scotia.png/199px-Jonathan_Prescott%2C_Chester%2C_Nova_Scotia.png 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="379" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dr. <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Prescott_(military_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Prescott (military officer)">Jonathan Prescott</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas Westbrook Waldron"><img alt="Thomas Westbrook Waldron" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png/99px-John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png/149px-John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png/198px-John_Greenwood_-_Portrait_of_Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="545" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Westbrook_Waldron" title="Thomas Westbrook Waldron">Thomas Westbrook Waldron</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Lieut. Colonel <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Meserve" title="Nathaniel Meserve">Nathaniel Meserve</a>, Major Ezekiah Gilman; Captains Samuel Whitten, William Waldron, True Dudley, Tufton Mason, William Seaward, Daniel Ladd, Joseph Sherbrune (wrote journal), John Turnel, Samuel Hale, Jacob Tilton, Edward Williams</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t0ks71w54&view=1up&seq=6">Roll of New Hampshire Men at Louisburg, Cape Breton, 1745 By New Hampshire. Commissioner at Louisburg Celebration, 1895</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Connecticut">Connecticut</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Connecticut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>6. <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> – Major General <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wolcott_(Connecticut_politician)" title="Roger Wolcott (Connecticut politician)">Roger Wolcott</a>'s Regiment </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Wooster,_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David Wooster"><img alt="David Wooster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Wooster%2C_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg/86px-David_Wooster%2C_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Wooster%2C_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg/129px-David_Wooster%2C_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Wooster%2C_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg/173px-David_Wooster%2C_Esqr._Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Provincial_Army_against_Quebec.jpg 2x" data-file-width="965" data-file-height="1340" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/David_Wooster" title="David Wooster">David Wooster</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Wolcott of Windsor, Connecticut; Col <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Burr" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Burr">Andrew Burr</a>; Lieut Col. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lothrop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Lothrop (page does not exist)">Simon Lothrop</a>; Major Goodridge; Major Israel Newton (killed); Captain <a href="/wiki/David_Wooster" title="David Wooster">David Wooster</a>, Captain Stephen Lee, Captain Daniel Chapman, Captain William Whiting, Captain Robert Dennison, Captain Andrew Ward; Captain James Church, Captain Henry King</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Massachusetts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>7. <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a> - Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Willard_(military_officer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Willard (military officer) (page does not exist)">Samuel Willard (military officer)</a>'s Regiment (4th Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul><li>Lieut. Col. Chandler, Major Seth Pomroy, Captains Joshua Pierce (killed),<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John /Terry, John Alexander, David Melvin, John Warner, Jabez (Omsteads) Homestead, Joseph Miller (wounded),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193221[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq49_First_Journal]_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193221[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq49_First_Journal]-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Goulding, James Stephens</li></ul> <p>8. <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex County, Massachusetts</a> - Colonel <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hale_(doctor)" title="Robert Hale (doctor)">Robert Hale (military officer)</a>'s Regiment (5th Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moses_Titcomb_(1707-1755)_(attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn),_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Moses Titcomb (1707-1755) (attributed to Joseph Blackburn); 'North-Western' or 'Titcomb's Battery.' [34]"><img alt="Moses Titcomb (1707-1755) (attributed to Joseph Blackburn); 'North-Western' or 'Titcomb's Battery.' [34]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Moses_Titcomb_%281707-1755%29_%28attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn%29%2C_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png/98px-Moses_Titcomb_%281707-1755%29_%28attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn%29%2C_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Moses_Titcomb_%281707-1755%29_%28attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn%29%2C_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png/147px-Moses_Titcomb_%281707-1755%29_%28attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn%29%2C_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Moses_Titcomb_%281707-1755%29_%28attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn%29%2C_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png/196px-Moses_Titcomb_%281707-1755%29_%28attributed_to_Joseph_Blackburn%29%2C_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.png 2x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="292" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_Titcomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moses Titcomb (page does not exist)">Moses Titcomb</a> (1707-1755) (attributed to Joseph Blackburn); 'North-Western' or 'Titcomb's Battery.' <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Lieut. Colonel Edward Eveleigh, Major Moses Titcomb, Captains Benjamin Ives, Daniel Eveleigh, Titcomb, John Dodge, Jonathan Bagley, Jeremiah Foster, Samuel Davis, Thomas Stanford, Charles Byles</li></ul> <p>9. Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dwight" title="Joseph Dwight">Joseph Dwight</a>'s Regiment - Colonel of Artillery, (9th Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul><li>Lieut. Col Thomas, Major Samuel Gardner</li></ul> <p>10. Colonel Shubael Gorham's Regiment (7th Massachusetts Regiment) </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Silvanus Cobb"><img alt="Silvanus Cobb" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png/99px-SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png/148px-SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png/197px-SylvanusCobbMonumentLiverpoolNS.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="525" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Silvanus_Cobb" title="Silvanus Cobb">Silvanus Cobb</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Major Joseph Thatcher, Captains Jonathan Carey, Elisha Doane, Sylvester Cobb, Israel Bailey, Edward Demmick/ Dimmock (killed),<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gerhom Bradford, Samuel Lombard</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="British_and_New_England_naval_officers">British and New England naval officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: British and New England naval officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Commodore Peter Warren"><img alt="Commodore Peter Warren" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg/95px-Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg/143px-Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg/190px-Admiral_Sir_Peter_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Commodore <a href="/wiki/Peter_Warren_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)">Peter Warren</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commodore_Edward_Tyng_(1683-1755).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Edward Tyng, Prince of Orange (ship)"><img alt="Edward Tyng, Prince of Orange (ship)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Commodore_Edward_Tyng_%281683-1755%29.png/97px-Commodore_Edward_Tyng_%281683-1755%29.png" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Commodore_Edward_Tyng_%281683-1755%29.png/145px-Commodore_Edward_Tyng_%281683-1755%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Commodore_Edward_Tyng_%281683-1755%29.png/194px-Commodore_Edward_Tyng_%281683-1755%29.png 2x" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="527" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Tyng" title="Edward Tyng">Edward Tyng</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Orange_(ship)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prince of Orange (ship) (page does not exist)">Prince of Orange (ship)</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Captain Philip Durell,"><img alt="Captain Philip Durell," src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg/95px-Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg/143px-Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg/190px-Captain_Philip_Durell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Captain <a href="/wiki/Philip_Durell" title="Philip Durell">Philip Durell</a>,</div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Commodore <a href="/wiki/Peter_Warren_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)">Peter Warren</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Captain Richard Tiddleman (T. Somers) (Superbe, 415 men, 60 guns)</li> <li>Captain Philip Durell (Eltham, 250 men, 40 guns)</li> <li>Captain W. J? Calmady (Launceston, 250 men, 40 guns)</li> <li>Captain James Douglas (then Capt. W. Montague) (Mermaid, 250 men, 40 guns)</li></ul> <p>Joined from England 22–23 May </p> <ul><li>Captain Frederick Cornwall (Hector, 40 guns)</li> <li>Captain Richard Edwards (Princess Mary, 60 guns)</li></ul> <p>Joined from England 10–11 June </p> <ul><li>Captain John Hore/ Hoar (D. Hare) (Canterbury, 60 guns);</li> <li>Captain J. Brett (Sunderland, 60 guns);</li> <li>Captain J. Crickshanke (Lark, 40 guns);</li> <li>Capt. F. Geary (Capt. Kemp) (<a href="/wiki/HMS_Chester_(1743)" title="HMS Chester (1743)">Chester</a>, 50 guns)</li> <li>Capt. James Douglas (Vigilant, 64 guns) – Former prize taken 18 May</li> <li>Captain Clark Gayton (Bien Aime, 30 guns) – former prize</li> <li>Captain Britt (Sunderland, 60 guns)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts_naval_forces">Massachusetts naval forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Massachusetts naval forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain Edward Tyng (Ship Massachusetts frigate, 150 men, 20 guns)</li> <li>Captain Jonathan Snelling (Molineux frigate, 150 men, 20 guns)</li> <li>Captain George Griffith (Caesar, 70 men, 14 guns)</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/John_Rous" title="John Rous">John Rouse</a> (Shirley Galley, 150 men, 20 guns)</li> <li>Captain Joseph Smithers/ Smythurst (Snow <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Orange_(ship)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prince of Orange (ship) (page does not exist)">Prince of Orange (ship)</a>, 80 men, 14 guns – sank in storm)</li> <li>Captain William Fletcher (Brig Boston Packet, 16 guns; Wattering)</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/David_Donahew" title="David Donahew">David Donahew</a>  <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> (Sloop, 12 guns)</li> <li>Captain Thomas Saunders (sloop, 8 guns)</li> <li>Captain Bosch (sloop, 8 guns)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_naval_forces">Other naval forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other naval forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain Griffin (Rhode Island sloop, 20 guns)</li> <li>Captain Thompson (Connecticut vessel, 16 guns)</li> <li>Captain John Prentice (Defence, Connecticut vessel, 12 guns, 100 men)</li> <li>Captain John Furnell (Fernald), (Abigail, 14 or 10 guns) – New Hampshire sloop</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fones" title="Daniel Fones">Daniel Fones</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tartar_(ship)" title="Tartar (ship)">Tartar (ship)</a>, 14 guns) – Rhode Island sloop<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_British_and_New_England_military_and_naval_personnel">Other British and New England military and naval personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other British and New England military and naval personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Breynton.png" class="mw-file-description" title="John Breynton"><img alt="John Breynton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/John_Breynton.png/99px-John_Breynton.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/John_Breynton.png/148px-John_Breynton.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/John_Breynton.png/197px-John_Breynton.png 2x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="271" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Breynton" title="John Breynton">John Breynton</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Winckworth_Tonge,_Old_Burying_Ground,_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Winckworth Tonge, d. 1792, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)"><img alt="Winckworth Tonge, d. 1792, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Winckworth_Tonge%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg/120px-Winckworth_Tonge%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Winckworth_Tonge%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg/180px-Winckworth_Tonge%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jonathan_Snelling%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg/120px-Jonathan_Snelling%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jonathan_Snelling%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg/180px-Jonathan_Snelling%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jonathan_Snelling%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg/240px-Jonathan_Snelling%2C_Old_Burying_Ground%2C_Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Colonel Jonathan Snelling's son, d. 1782,<a href="/wiki/Old_Burying_Ground_(Halifax,_Nova_Scotia)" title="Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)">Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_william_prescott_in_charlestown_massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Prescott"><img alt="William Prescott" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Statue_of_william_prescott_in_charlestown_massachusetts.jpg/80px-Statue_of_william_prescott_in_charlestown_massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Statue_of_william_prescott_in_charlestown_massachusetts.jpg/119px-Statue_of_william_prescott_in_charlestown_massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a>, 2nd Massachusetts Regiment (Maine)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gibson_(seaman)" title="James Gibson (seaman)">James Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Whittemore" title="Samuel Whittemore">Samuel Whittemore</a>, 3rd Massachusetts Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gorham_(military_officer)" title="John Gorham (military officer)">John Gorham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Bastide" title="John Henry Bastide">John Henry Bastide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Theophilus_de_Cramah%C3%A9" title="Hector Theophilus de Cramahé">Hector Theophilus de Cramahé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Denison" title="Robert Denison">Robert Denison</a>, Connecticut Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Douglas,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Douglas, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Douglas, 1st Baronet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Green_(printer,_born_1699)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartholomew Green (printer, born 1699)">Bartholomew Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gridley" title="Richard Gridley">Richard Gridley</a> (engineer of the batteries)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hale_(doctor)" title="Robert Hale (doctor)">Robert Hale</a>, 1st Massachusetts Regiment (Maine)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abijah_Willard" title="Abijah Willard">Abijah Willard</a>, 4th Massachusetts Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Prescott" title="Robert Prescott">Robert Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Moody" title="Samuel Moody">Samuel Moody</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Monk_(lawyer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Monk (lawyer) (page does not exist)">James Monk</a>, 1st Massachusetts Regiment (Maine)<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beamsley_Perkins_Glasier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beamsley Perkins Glasier (page does not exist)">Beamsley Perkins Glasier</a>, 5th Massachusetts Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Caleff" title="John Caleff">John Caleff</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Vaughan_(soldier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Vaughan (soldier) (page does not exist)">William Vaughan</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Aldridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christopher Aldridge (page does not exist)">Christopher Aldridge</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Whiting" title="Nathan Whiting">Nathan Whiting</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Frye" title="James Frye">James Frye</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisburg_Square" title="Louisburg Square">Louisburg Square</a> in Boston is named after the siege.</li> <li>Vernon Street, <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax, Nova Scotia</a> was formerly known as Louisbourg Street.</li> <li>Shirley Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia is named for Massachusetts Governor William Shirley.</li> <li>Pepperell St. Halifax, Nova Scotia was named after Pepperrell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepperell,_Massachusetts" title="Pepperell, Massachusetts">Pepperell, Massachusetts</a> was named after William Pepperrell.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Rhode_Island" title="Warren, Rhode Island">Warren, Rhode Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren,_New_Hampshire" title="Warren, New Hampshire">Warren, New Hampshire</a> are named after British naval hero Admiral Sir Peter Warren.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_regiment_de_Karrer" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss regiment de Karrer">Swiss regiment de Karrer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Military history of Nova Scotia">Military history of Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisbourg_Garrison" title="Louisbourg Garrison">Louisbourg Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_troops_in_the_French_and_Indian_Wars" title="Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars">Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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University of Toronto Press. pp. 129–152. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3138%2F9781442688032">10.3138/9781442688032</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8020-9137-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8020-9137-6"><bdi>978-0-8020-9137-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442688032.12">10.3138/9781442688032.12</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Amerindian+Power+in+the+Early+Modern+Northeast%3A+A+Reappraisal&rft.btitle=Essays+on+Northeastern+North+America%2C+Seventeenth+and+Eighteenth+Centuries&rft.pages=129-152&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=2008&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F10.3138%2F9781442688032.12%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3138%2F9781442688032&rft.isbn=978-0-8020-9137-6&rft.aulast=Reid&rft.aufirst=John+G.&rft.au=Baker%2C+Emerson+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTM3AlH-lTscC%26pg%3DPA129&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFGrenier2008">Grenier (2008)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196548-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196548_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDowney1965">Downey (1965)</a>, p. 48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196548–51-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196548–51_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDowney1965">Downey (1965)</a>, pp. 48–51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196552-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196552_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDowney1965">Downey (1965)</a>, p. 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowney196557-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowney196557_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDowney1965">Downey (1965)</a>, p. 57.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERawlyk199941-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERawlyk199941_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRawlyk1999">Rawlyk (1999)</a>, p. 41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBradstreet189710_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBradstreet1897">Bradstreet (1897)</a>, p. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin192879,_85[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq93-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin192879,_85[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq93_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChapin1928">Chapin (1928)</a>, pp. 79, 85, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txu.059173017850230;view=1up;seq=93">[1]</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBidwell1873">Bidwell (1873)</a>, p. 154, indicated 20 houses and 20 shallops destroyed and the ship <i>Prince of Orange</i> taking a man, woman and child prisoner.<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 15, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=41">First Journal</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChapin1928">Chapin (1928)</a>, p. 79, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txu.059173017850230;view=1up;seq=93">[2]</a> (note the author indicates May 9 (old style)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 15, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=41">First Journal</a><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFBidwell1873">Bidwell (1873)</a>, p. 155, indicates that the Indians killed seventeen British.<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 76, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=106">Fifth Journal</a>, indicates two escaped. Those who surrendered were butchered.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin192881[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin192881[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChapin1928">Chapin (1928)</a>, pp. 81, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txu.059173017850230;view=1up;seq=97">[3]</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBidwell1873">Bidwell (1873)</a>, p. 155, reports the May 18 (old time) incident on May 20.<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 20, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=46">First Journal</a>, records the incident on May 22.<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 77, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=109">Fifth Journal</a>: Indians kill eight British and take three prisoner.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin1928[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin1928[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq97_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChapin1928">Chapin (1928)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txu.059173017850230;view=1up;seq=97">[4]</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapin192884[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq100-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapin192884[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidtxu059173017850230view1upseq100_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChapin1928">Chapin (1928)</a>, pp. 84, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txu.059173017850230;view=1up;seq=100">[5]</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/amateurs.pdf">http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/amateurs.pdf</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation of this PDF document is required to prevent link rot. (March 2022)">bare URL PDF</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 71, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=101">Fourth Journal</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, pp. 21–22, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=49">First Journal</a><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 22 (footnote 15), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=50">First Journal</a><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFRawlyk1999">Rawlyk (1999)</a> indicates 60 killed<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFBradstreet1897">Bradstreet (1897)</a>, pp. 16–17, indicates the French killed 81 and took 130 prisoners. English killed one French officer and two soldiers.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWolcott1860">Wolcott (1860)</a>, p. 131, reporting on an incident that happened May 28 (old time)<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 22, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=50">First Journal</a><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 23, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774;view=1up;seq=51">First Journal</a>, reports British killed 30 and wounded more than 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRawlyk1999">Rawlyk (1999)</a>, p. 119, indicates May 27 (New Style)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERawlyk1999133-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERawlyk1999133_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRawlyk1999">Rawlyk (1999)</a>, p. 133.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatterson191717–18-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatterson191717–18_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPatterson1917">Patterson (1917)</a>, pp. 17–18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxta91&view=1up&seq=38"><i>The Tartar:the armed sloop of the colony of Rhode Island, in King George's war</i></a>. Providence. 2020-02-24.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tartar%3Athe+armed+sloop+of+the+colony+of+Rhode+Island%2C+in+King+George%27s+war&rft.pub=Providence&rft.date=2020-02-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dhvd.hxta91%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D38&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NSI6AQAAMAAJ&q=louisbourg&pg=PA605">p. 219</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurdoch186648–49-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurdoch186648–49_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMurdoch1866">Murdoch (1866)</a>, pp. 48–49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193216[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq42_First_Journal]-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193216[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq42_First_Journal]_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 16, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=42">First Journal</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193218[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq44_First_Journal]-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193218[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq44_First_Journal]_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 18, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=44">First Journal</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193280[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq112_Sixth_Journal]-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193280[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq112_Sixth_Journal]_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 80, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=112">Sixth Journal</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 56, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=86">Second Journal</a><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 18, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=44">First Journal</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeForest193221[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq49_First_Journal]-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeForest193221[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015005553774view1upseq49_First_Journal]_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 21, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=49">First Journal</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCurrier1896" class="citation book cs1">Currier, J.J. (1896). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nS0TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA465">"Colonel Moses Titcomb"</a>. <i>"Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches</i>. Boston: Damrell and Upham. p. 465. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5-87957-499-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-5-87957-499-9"><bdi>978-5-87957-499-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Colonel+Moses+Titcomb&rft.btitle=%22Ould+Newbury%22%3A+Historical+and+Biographical+Sketches&rft.place=Boston&rft.pages=465&rft.pub=Damrell+and+Upham&rft.date=1896&rft.isbn=978-5-87957-499-9&rft.aulast=Currier&rft.aufirst=J.J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnS0TAwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA465&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span><br /> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLowell1760" class="citation book cs1">Lowell, John (1760). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ByudnQEACAAJ&pg=PP1"><i>A Sermon Occasioned by the Much Lamented Death of Col. Moses Titcomb,: Who Fell in Battle Near Lake-George, September 8, 1755</i></a>. Edes and Gill in Queen-Street.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Sermon+Occasioned+by+the+Much+Lamented+Death+of+Col.+Moses+Titcomb%2C%3A+Who+Fell+in+Battle+Near+Lake-George%2C+September+8%2C+1755&rft.pub=Edes+and+Gill+in+Queen-Street&rft.date=1760&rft.aulast=Lowell&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DByudnQEACAAJ%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/curwensamuelj00curwrich/page/14">June 2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMurdoch1866">Murdoch (1866)</a>, p. 50<br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 25, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=53">First Journal</a><br /> • <a href="#CITEREFDeForest1932">DeForest (1932)</a>, p. 181, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774&view=1up&seq=221">Appendix I</a><br /> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEmerson1910" class="citation book cs1">Emerson, Joseph (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/diarykeptatsieg00greegoog/page/n19"><i>Diary Kept at the Siege of Louisburg, March 15–August 14, 1745</i></a>. notes and introduction by Samuel A. 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Wilson and Son. p. 13.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Diary+Kept+at+the+Siege+of+Louisburg%2C+March+15%E2%80%93August+14%2C+1745&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=13&rft.pub=J.+Wilson+and+Son&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Emerson&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdiarykeptatsieg00greegoog%2Fpage%2Fn19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span><br /> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchomberg1802" class="citation web cs1">Schomberg, Isaac (December 26, 1802). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_2BGAAAAYAAJ&q=Captain+Richard+Edwards+%28Princess+Mary%2C+60+guns%29&pg=PA218">"Naval Chronology: Or, An Historical Summary of Naval & Maritime Events, from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace, 1802"</a>. T. 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Francis and Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Journal+and+letters+of+the+late+Samuel+Curwen%2C+judge+of+Admiralty%2C+etc.%2C+an+American+refugee+in+England+from+1775%E2%80%931784&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=C.+S.+Francis+and+Co&rft.date=1842&rft.aulast=Curwen&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcurwensamuelj00curwrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeForest1932" class="citation book cs1">DeForest, Louis Effingham (1932). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005553774"><i>Louisbourg Journals, 1745</i></a>. Society of colonial wars in the state of New York. Publicationno. 44. New York: Society of Colonial Wars.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Louisbourg+Journals%2C+1745&rft.place=New+York&rft.series=Society+of+colonial+wars+in+the+state+of+New+York.+Publicationno.+44&rft.pub=Society+of+Colonial+Wars&rft.date=1932&rft.aulast=DeForest&rft.aufirst=Louis+Effingham&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dmdp.39015005553774&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GdCJ-zXK8mMC">Louisbourg Journals, 1745</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7884-1015-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7884-1015-4">978-0-7884-1015-4</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEmerson1910" class="citation journal cs1">Emerson, Joseph (October 1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/diarykeptatsieg00greegoog">"Diary Kept at the Siege of Louisburg, March 15–August 14, 1745"</a>. <i>Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+Massachusetts+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Diary+Kept+at+the+Siege+of+Louisburg%2C+March+15%E2%80%93August+14%2C+1745&rft.date=1910-10&rft.aulast=Emerson&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdiarykeptatsieg00greegoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qzstAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65">Diary Kept at the Siege of Louisburg</a></i>, p. 65, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGibson1745" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Gibson_(seaman)" title="James Gibson (seaman)">Gibson, James</a> (1745). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t4vh69j9b"><i>A Journal of the Late Siege by the Troops from North America, against the French at Cape Breton, the City of Louisbourg, and the Territories thereunto belonging</i></a>. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches ;no. 35919. London: J. Newbery. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780665359194" title="Special:BookSources/9780665359194"><bdi>9780665359194</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Journal+of+the+Late+Siege+by+the+Troops+from+North+America%2C+against+the+French+at+Cape+Breton%2C+the+City+of+Louisbourg%2C+and+the+Territories+thereunto+belonging&rft.place=London&rft.series=CIHM%2FICMH+Microfiche+series+%3D+CIHM%2FICMH+collection+de+microfiches+%3Bno.+35919&rft.pub=J.+Newbery&rft.date=1745&rft.isbn=9780665359194&rft.aulast=Gibson&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Daeu.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft4vh69j9b&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6tVbAAAAQAAJ">A Journal of the Late Siege by the Troops from North America</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGiddings1912" class="citation journal cs1">Giddings, Daniel (October 1912). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044089924799;view=1up;seq=339">"Journal kept by Lieut. Daniel Giddings of Ipswitch during the Expedition Against Cape Breton in 1744–5"</a>. <i>Historical Collections of the Essex Institute</i>. <b>48</b> (4). Salem, Massachusetts: 293–304.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Historical+Collections+of+the+Essex+Institute&rft.atitle=Journal+kept+by+Lieut.+Daniel+Giddings+of+Ipswitch+during+the+Expedition+Against+Cape+Breton+in+1744%E2%80%935&rft.volume=48&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=293-304&rft.date=1912-10&rft.aulast=Giddings&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dhvd.32044089924799%3Bview%3D1up%3Bseq%3D339&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrenier2008" class="citation book cs1">Grenier, John (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TXoCBQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1"><i>The Far Reaches of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710–1760</i></a>. University of Oklahoma Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8061-8566-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8061-8566-8"><bdi>978-0-8061-8566-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Far+Reaches+of+Empire%3A+War+in+Nova+Scotia%2C+1710%E2%80%931760&rft.pub=University+of+Oklahoma+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8061-8566-8&rft.aulast=Grenier&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTXoCBQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLincoln1911" class="citation book cs1">Lincoln, Charles Henry, ed. 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A. and S. Brice. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780665472428" title="Special:BookSources/9780665472428"><bdi>9780665472428</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+accurate+journal+and+account+of+the+proceedings+of+the+New-England+land-forces%2C+during+the+late+expedition+against+the+French+settlements+on+Cape+Breton%2C+to+the+time+of+the+surrender+of+Louisbourg&rft.pub=A.+and+S.+Brice&rft.date=1746&rft.isbn=9780665472428&rft.aulast=Pepperrell&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcihm_47242&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPepperrell1899" class="citation book cs1">Pepperrell, William (1899). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Gj86AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP1">"The Pepperrell Papers"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Historical_Society" title="Massachusetts Historical Society"><i>Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society</i></a>. 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In James Russell Trumbull (ed.). <i>History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654</i>. 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London: Green and Russell.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Memoirs+of+the+Principal+Transactions+of+the+Last+War+between+the+English+and+French+in+North+America&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Green+and+Russell&rft.date=1758&rft.aulast=Shirley&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fquod.lib.umich.edu%2Fe%2Fevans%2FN06508.0001.001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cihm_52337">Memoirs of the principal transactions</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStorer1871" class="citation book cs1">Storer, John (1871). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofcutterf00cutt/page/310">"Journal of Col. John Storer of Wells"</a>. In Benjamin Cutter; William Richard Cutter (eds.). <i>A History of the Cutter family of New England</i>. Boston: D. 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(October 1864). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x24MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA181">"Craft's Journal of the Siege of Louisburg"</a>. <i>Historical Collections of the Essex Institute</i>. <b>6</b> (5).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Historical+Collections+of+the+Essex+Institute&rft.atitle=Craft%27s+Journal+of+the+Siege+of+Louisburg&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=5&rft.date=1864-10&rft.aulast=Upham&rft.aufirst=W.P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dx24MAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA181&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWarrenGwyn1973" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Warren_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)">Warren, Sir Peter</a>; Gwyn, Julian, eds. 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Navy Records Society. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780853540717" title="Special:BookSources/9780853540717"><bdi>9780853540717</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Navy+and+North+America%3A+the+Warren+papers%2C+1736%E2%80%931752&rft.pub=Navy+Records+Society&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=9780853540717&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Froyalnavynortham0000warr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWolcott1860" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wolcott_(Connecticut_politician)" title="Roger Wolcott (Connecticut politician)">Wolcott, Roger</a> (1860). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/hco/books/JournalOfRogerWolcott.pdf">"Journal of Roger Wolcott at the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Collections</i>. Vol. I. Hartford: <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Historical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Historical Society">Connecticut Historical Society</a>. pp. 131–160.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Journal+of+Roger+Wolcott+at+the+Siege+of+Louisbourg%2C+1745&rft.btitle=Collections&rft.place=Hartford&rft.pages=131-160&rft.pub=Connecticut+Historical+Society&rft.date=1860&rft.aulast=Wolcott&rft.aufirst=Roger&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cga.ct.gov%2Fhco%2Fbooks%2FJournalOfRogerWolcott.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/journalofrogerwo00wolcrich">Journal of Roger Wolcott at the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWrong1897" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_MacKinnon_Wrong" title="George MacKinnon Wrong">Wrong, George M.</a>, ed. (1897). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/louisbourginano00goog/page/n13"><i>Louisbourg in 1745: The Anonymous, Lettre D'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton) Containing a narrative of an eye-witness of the siege in 1745</i></a>. University of Toronto.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Louisbourg+in+1745%3A+The+Anonymous%2C+Lettre+D%27un+Habitant+de+Louisbourg+%28Cape+Breton%29+Containing+a+narrative+of+an+eye-witness+of+the+siege+in+1745&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto&rft.date=1897&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flouisbourginano00goog%2Fpage%2Fn13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lCNWAAAAYAAJ">Louisbourg in 1745</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a> –  Only account from the French viewpoint except the official reports</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/collectionsofmas11mass/page/5">"Letters Relating to the Expedition Against Cape Breton"</a>. <i>Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society for the Year 1792</i>. 1st Series. Vol. I. 1806. pp. 5–60.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Letters+Relating+to+the+Expedition+Against+Cape+Breton&rft.btitle=Collections+of+the+Massachusetts+Historical+Society+for+the+Year+1792&rft.series=1st+Series&rft.pages=5-60&rft.date=1806&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcollectionsofmas11mass%2Fpage%2F5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_sources">Secondary sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Secondary sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu54378842&view=1up&seq=9">Drake. The Taking of Louisbourg, 1745. 1891.</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnderson1995" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, M.S. (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uHfJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1"><i>The War of Austrian Succession 1740–1748</i></a>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-317-89921-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-317-89921-1"><bdi>978-1-317-89921-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+War+of+Austrian+Succession+1740%E2%80%931748&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-1-317-89921-1&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=M.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuHfJAwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaker1995" class="citation book cs1">Baker, Raymond F. (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/amateurs.pdf"><i>A Campaign of Amateurs: The Siege of Louisbourg, 1745</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 18. <a href="/wiki/Parks_Canada" title="Parks Canada">Parks Canada</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-6601-6065-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-6601-6065-8"><bdi>978-0-6601-6065-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Campaign+of+Amateurs%3A+The+Siege+of+Louisbourg%2C+1745&rft.series=Canadian+Historic+Sites%3A+Occasional+Papers+in+Archaeology+and+History+No.+18&rft.pub=Parks+Canada&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-6601-6065-8&rft.aulast=Baker&rft.aufirst=Raymond+F.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fparkscanadahistory.com%2Fseries%2Fsaah%2Famateurs.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Balcom, B.A. "Defending Unama'ki: Mi'kmaw Resistance in Cape Breton, 1745"</li> <li>Balcom. A.A. "The Mi'kmaq and the First Siege of Louisbourg, 1745," Paper presented at the 2003 Spring Heritage Conference, Amherst, Nova Scotia</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurrage1910" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sweetser_Burrage" title="Henry Sweetser Burrage">Burrage, Henry S.</a> (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/maineatlouisburg00burruoft"><i>Maine at Louisburg in 1745</i></a>. Augusta, Maine: Burleigh & Flynt.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Maine+at+Louisburg+in+1745&rft.place=Augusta%2C+Maine&rft.pub=Burleigh+%26+Flynt&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Burrage&rft.aufirst=Henry+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmaineatlouisburg00burruoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j3MOAAAAYAAJ">Maine at Louisburg in 1745</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChapin1923" class="citation journal cs1">Chapin, Howard Millar (January 1923). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FpAeAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA59">"New England Vessels in the Expedition Against Louisbourg, 1745"</a>. <i>New England Historical and Genealogical Register</i>. <b>77</b>. Boston: 59–71.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+England+Historical+and+Genealogical+Register&rft.atitle=New+England+Vessels+in+the+Expedition+Against+Louisbourg%2C+1745&rft.volume=77&rft.pages=59-71&rft.date=1923-01&rft.aulast=Chapin&rft.aufirst=Howard+Millar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFpAeAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DRA1-PA59&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChapin1928" class="citation book cs1">Chapin, Howard Millar (1928). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txu.059173017850230&view=1up&seq=7"><i>Privateering in King George's war, 1739–1748</i></a>. Providence: E,A, Johnson.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Privateering+in+King+George%27s+war%2C+1739%E2%80%931748&rft.place=Providence&rft.pub=E%2CA%2C+Johnson&rft.date=1928&rft.aulast=Chapin&rft.aufirst=Howard+Millar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dtxu.059173017850230%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis2003" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Paul K. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gT8qlUPkRJEC&pg=PA154"><i>Besieged: 100 Great Sieges from Jericho to Sarajevo</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 154. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-521930-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-521930-2"><bdi>978-0-19-521930-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Besieged%3A+100+Great+Sieges+from+Jericho+to+Sarajevo&rft.pages=154&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-19-521930-2&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Paul+K.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgT8qlUPkRJEC%26pg%3DPA154&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDowney1965" class="citation book cs1">Downey, Fairfax (1965). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/louisbourgkeytoc00down"><i>Louisbourg: Key to a Continent</i></a></span>. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Louisbourg%3A+Key+to+a+Continent&rft.place=Englewood+Cliffs%2C+New+Jersey&rft.pub=Prentice-Hall&rft.date=1965&rft.aulast=Downey&rft.aufirst=Fairfax&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flouisbourgkeytoc00down&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDrake1890" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Adams_Drake" title="Samuel Adams Drake">Drake, Samuel Adams</a> (1890). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N34OAAAAYAAJ"><i>The Taking of Louisburg, 1745</i></a>. Boston: Lee & Shepard.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taking+of+Louisburg%2C+1745&rft.place=Boston&rft.pub=Lee+%26+Shepard&rft.date=1890&rft.aulast=Drake&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Adams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_N34OAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation gutenberg"> <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/50583">The Taking of Louisburg, 1745</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGilmore1896" class="citation book cs1">Gilmore, George C. (1896). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rollnewhampshire00bretrich"><i>Roll of New Hampshire Men at Louisburg, Cape Breton, 1745</i></a>. Concord, New Hampshire: Edward N. Pearson.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Roll+of+New+Hampshire+Men+at+Louisburg%2C+Cape+Breton%2C+1745&rft.place=Concord%2C+New+Hampshire&rft.pub=Edward+N.+Pearson&rft.date=1896&rft.aulast=Gilmore&rft.aufirst=George+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frollnewhampshire00bretrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLennan1918" class="citation book cs1">McLennan, John Stewart (1918). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Cd0BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP1"><i>Louisbourg, from Its Foundation to Its Fall, 1713–1758</i></a>. London: Macmillan and Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Louisbourg%2C+from+Its+Foundation+to+Its+Fall%2C+1713%E2%80%931758&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macmillan+and+Co&rft.date=1918&rft.aulast=McLennan&rft.aufirst=John+Stewart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCd0BAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/louisbourgfromit00mcleuoft">Louisbourg: From its Foundation to its Fall, 1713–1758</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2018" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Moore, Christopher (26 July 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louisbourg">"Louisbourg"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia" title="The Canadian Encyclopedia">The Canadian Encyclopedia</a></i> (online ed.). <a href="/wiki/Historica_Canada" title="Historica Canada">Historica Canada</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Louisbourg&rft.btitle=The+Canadian+Encyclopedia&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Historica+Canada&rft.date=2018-07-26&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca%2Fen%2Farticle%2Flouisbourg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurdoch1866" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Beamish_Murdoch" title="Beamish Murdoch">Murdoch, Beamish</a> (1866). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ahistorynovasco01murdgoog"><i>A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie</i></a>. Vol. II. Halifax: J. Barnes.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Nova-Scotia%2C+Or+Acadie&rft.place=Halifax&rft.pub=J.+Barnes&rft.date=1866&rft.aulast=Murdoch&rft.aufirst=Beamish&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fahistorynovasco01murdgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParkman1891" class="citation magazine cs1"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Parkman" title="Francis Parkman">Parkman, Francis</a> (March 1891). "Capture of Louisbourg by the New England Militia, Part I". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="The Atlantic Monthly">The Atlantic Monthly</a></i>. Vol. LXVII. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. pp. 314–324.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Atlantic+Monthly&rft.atitle=Capture+of+Louisbourg+by+the+New+England+Militia%2C+Part+I&rft.volume=LXVII&rft.pages=314-324&rft.date=1891-03&rft.aulast=Parkman&rft.aufirst=Francis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Louisbourg+%281745%29" class="Z3988"></span> –  Also: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jUFFAQAAMAAJ">The Atlantic Monthly</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParkman1891" class="citation magazine cs1">Parkman, Francis (April 1891). "Capture of Louisbourg by the New England Militia, Part II". <i>The Atlantic Monthly</i>. Vol. LXVII. 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