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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Siege of Port Royal</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">Queen Anne's War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_nicholson_Dahl.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Francis_nicholson_Dahl.jpg/200px-Francis_nicholson_Dahl.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Francis_nicholson_Dahl.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="399" /></a></span><br />Portrait believed to be of <a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Francis Nicholson</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dahl" title="Michael Dahl">Michael Dahl</a>, c. 1710</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>5–13 October 1710</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Port-Royal_(Acadia)" title="Port-Royal (Acadia)">Port Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> British victory<sup id="cite_ref-P84_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P84-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a></li></ul></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <p><span data-sort-value="France"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg/23px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg/35px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg/45px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">France</a></span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadians" title="Acadians">Acadians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy" title="Wabanaki Confederacy">Wabanaki Confederacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi'kmaq people">Mi'kmaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaki</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Francis Nicholson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Vetch" title="Samuel Vetch">Samuel Vetch</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase" title="Daniel d'Auger de Subercase">Daniel d'Auger de Subercase</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon-Pierre_Denys_de_Bonaventure" title="Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure">Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> About 2,000 regular and <a href="/wiki/Provincial_troops_in_the_French_and_Indian_Wars" title="Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars">provincial</a> soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005234_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005234-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dra259_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dra259-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Fewer than 300<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005234_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005234-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Citadel_hill.jpg/250px-Citadel_hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Citadel_hill.jpg/375px-Citadel_hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Citadel_hill.jpg/500px-Citadel_hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="897" data-file-height="504" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption"><a href="/wiki/Citadel_Hill_(Fort_George)" title="Citadel Hill (Fort George)">Citadel Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#eee;padding-left:.1em;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable events</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="infobox" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Royal_(1690)" title="Battle of Port Royal (1690)">Battle of Port Royal</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1690</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Siege of Port Royal</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1710</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Winnepang" title="Battle of Winnepang">Battle of Winnepang</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1722</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1745)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1745)">Northeast Coast Campaign</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1745</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Pr%C3%A9" title="Battle of Grand Pré">Battle of Grand Pré</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1747</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Dartmouth_(1751)" title="Raid on Dartmouth (1751)">Dartmouth Massacre</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1751</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy_Campaign_(1755)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755)">Bay of Fundy Campaign</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1755</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)" title="Siege of Louisbourg (1758)">Siege of Louisbourg</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1758</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Halifax" title="Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax">Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1758</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Treaties" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Treaties">Halifax Treaties</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1760–1761</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Cumberland" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Fort Cumberland">Battle of Fort Cumberland</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1776</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Lunenburg,_Nova_Scotia_(1782)" title="Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782)">Raid on Lunenburg</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1782</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(Maine)#War_of_1812" title="New Ireland (Maine)">Establishment of New Ireland</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1812</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake" title="Capture of USS Chesapeake">Capture of USS <i>Chesapeake</i></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1813</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Great_Redan" title="Battle of the Great Redan">‪Battle of the Great Redan</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1855</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow" title="Siege of Lucknow">‪Siege of Lucknow</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1857</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/CSS_Tallahassee" title="CSS Tallahassee">CSS <i>Tallahassee</i> escape</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1861</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Provisional_Battalion" title="Halifax Provisional Battalion">‪Halifax Provisional Battalion</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1885</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Witpoort" title="Battle of Witpoort">‪Battle of Witpoort</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1899</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paardeberg" title="Battle of Paardeberg">‪Battle of Paardeberg</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1899</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Amherst_Internment_Camp" title="Amherst Internment Camp">Imprisonment of Leon Trotsky</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1917</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Edward_(Nova_Scotia)#World_War_I" title="Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)">Jewish Legion formed</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1917</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/HMHS_Llandovery_Castle" title="HMHS Llandovery Castle">Sinking of <i>Llandovery Castle</i></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1918</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence" title="Battle of the St. Lawrence">Battle of the St. Lawrence</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1942–1944</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/SS_Point_Pleasant_Park" title="SS Point Pleasant Park">Sinking of <i>Point Pleasant Park</i></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_riot" title="Halifax riot">Halifax VE-Day riot</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1945</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#eee;padding-left:.1em;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable regiments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="infobox" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Mi%E2%80%99kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of the Mi’kmaq people">Mi'kmaq militias</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1677–1779</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Acadians" title="Military history of the Acadians">Acadian militias</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1689–1761</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/40th_(the_2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot">40th Regiment of Foot</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1717–1757</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Louisbourg_Garrison" title="Louisbourg Garrison">Louisbourg Garrison</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1717–1758</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Gorham%27s_Rangers" title="Gorham's Rangers">Gorham's Rangers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1744–1762</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Danks%27_Rangers" title="Danks' Rangers">Danks' Rangers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1756–1762</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/84th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highland_Emigrants)" title="84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)">84th Regiment of Foot</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1775–1784</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fencible_American_Regiment" title="Royal Fencible American Regiment">Royal Fencible American</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1775–1783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Nova_Scotia_Volunteer_Regiment" title="Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment">Royal Nova Scotia Volunteers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1775–1783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Orange_Rangers" title="King's Orange Rangers">King's Orange Rangers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1776–1783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/1st_(Halifax-Dartmouth)_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment">1st Field Artillery</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1791</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Nova_Scotia_Regiment" title="Royal Nova Scotia Regiment">Royal Nova Scotia</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1793–1802</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Fencibles" title="Nova Scotia Fencibles">Nova Scotia Fencibles</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1803–1816</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Halifax_Rifles_(RCAC)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)">Halifax Rifles</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1860</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Louise_Fusiliers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Princess Louise Fusiliers">Princess Louise Fusiliers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1867</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/78th_(Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot#Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">78th Highland</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1869–1871</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Highlanders" title="Cape Breton Highlanders">Cape Breton Highlanders</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1871</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/25th_Battalion_(Nova_Scotia_Rifles),_CEF" title="25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF">Nova Scotia Rifles</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1914–1919</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/No._2_Construction_Battalion" title="No. 2 Construction Battalion">No. 2 Construction Battalion</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1916–1919</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/West_Nova_Scotia_Regiment" title="West Nova Scotia Regiment">West Nova Scotia</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1916</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Nova_Scotia_Highlanders" class="mw-redirect" title="The Nova Scotia Highlanders">Nova Scotia Highlanders</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1954</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#eee;padding-left:.1em;;color: var(--color-base)">Related topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Captivity_narrative#Nova_Scotia_and_Acadia" title="Captivity narrative">Captivity narratives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impressment_in_Nova_Scotia" title="Impressment in Nova Scotia">Impressment</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border-top:1px solid #ccc;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a 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Confederacy">Wabanaki Confederacy</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase" title="Daniel d'Auger de Subercase">Daniel d'Auger de Subercase</a>, at the Acadian capital, <a href="/wiki/Port-Royal_(Acadia)" title="Port-Royal (Acadia)">Port Royal</a>. The successful British siege marked the beginning of permanent British control over the peninsular portion of Acadia, which they renamed <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, and it was the first time the British took and held a French colonial possession.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the French surrender, the British occupied the fort in the capital with all the pomp and ceremony of having captured one of the great fortresses of Europe,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrenier200815_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrenier200815-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and renamed it <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Royal,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia">Annapolis Royal</a>. </p><p>The siege was the third British attempt during <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">Queen Anne's War</a> to capture the Acadian capital, and it had profound consequences over the next 50 years. The conquest was a key element in the framing of the North American issues in French-British treaty negotiations of 1711–1713. It resulted in the creation of a new colony—Nova Scotia—and introduced significant questions concerning the fate of both the Acadians and the <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi'kmaq people">Mi'kmaq</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who continued to occupy Acadia.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Conquest of Acadia was a foundational moment in the history of the Canadian state—it was a precursor to the British conquests of <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg" title="Louisbourg">Louisbourg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec</a> in the middle of the century.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Port-Royal_(Acadia)" title="Port-Royal (Acadia)">Port Royal</a> was the capital of the <a href="/wiki/French_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="French colonization of the Americas">French colony</a> of <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a> almost since the French first began settling the area in 1604. It consequently became a focal point for conflict between <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">English</a> and French colonists in the next century. It was destroyed in 1613 by English raiders led by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Samuel Argall</a>, but eventually rebuilt.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1690 it was <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Royal_(1690)" title="Battle of Port Royal (1690)">captured</a> by forces from the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a>, although it was restored to France by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ryswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Ryswick">Treaty of Ryswick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_expeditions">Early expeditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early expeditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a> in 1702, colonists on both sides again prepared for conflict. Acadia's governor, <a href="/wiki/Jacques-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Monbeton_de_Brouillan" title="Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan">Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan</a>, had, in anticipation of war, already begun construction of a stone and earth fort in 1701, which was largely completed by 1704.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a French <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Deerfield" title="Raid on Deerfield">raid on Deerfield</a> on the Massachusetts frontier in February 1704, the English in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> organized a raid against Acadia the following May. Led by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(ranger)" title="Benjamin Church (ranger)">Benjamin Church</a>, they <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Grand_Pre" class="mw-redirect" title="Raid on Grand Pre">raided Grand Pré</a> and other Acadian communities.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> English and French accounts differ on whether Church's expedition mounted an attack on Port Royal. Church's account indicates that they anchored in the harbour and considered making an attack, but ultimately decided against the idea; French accounts claim that a minor attack was made.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase" title="Daniel d'Auger de Subercase">Daniel d'Auger de Subercase</a> became governor of Acadia in 1706, he went on the offensive, encouraging aboriginal raids against English targets in New England. He also encouraged <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateering</a> from Port Royal against English colonial shipping. The privateers were highly effective; the English fishing fleet on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Banks" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Banks">Grand Banks</a> was reduced by 80 percent between 1702 and 1707, and some English coastal communities were raided.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaragher2005113_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaragher2005113-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>English merchants in Boston had long traded with Port Royal, and some of this activity had continued illegally after the war began.<sup id="cite_ref-P66_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P66-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the business was being hurt by the war, and some merchants began making vocal calls for action, and public outrage rose over the failure of the Massachusetts defenses to stop the French and aboriginal raids.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaragher2005114_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaragher2005114-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massachusetts Bay Governor <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dudley" title="Joseph Dudley">Joseph Dudley</a> had made repeated requests to London for support without any success, and finally decided to act independently to fend off accusations of complicity in the illegal trade.<sup id="cite_ref-P66_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P66-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In spring of 1707, he authorized an expedition against Port Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaragher2005114_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaragher2005114-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This expedition made <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1707)" title="Siege of Port Royal (1707)">two separate attempts</a> to take Port Royal; for a variety of reasons, both attempts failed despite the expedition's significant numerical superiority.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_expedition_organized">British expedition organized</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British expedition organized"><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:BayOfMaine1713.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BayOfMaine1713.jpg/300px-BayOfMaine1713.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BayOfMaine1713.jpg/450px-BayOfMaine1713.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BayOfMaine1713.jpg/600px-BayOfMaine1713.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2761" data-file-height="1958" /></a><figcaption>Annotated detail from a 1713 map showing eastern New England and southern Nova Scotia/Acadia. Port Royal is at A, Boston at B, and Casco Bay at C.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the following years, France failed to send any significant support, while the British mobilized larger and better-organized forces for the conflict in North America. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Vetch" title="Samuel Vetch">Samuel Vetch</a>, a Scots businessman with colonial ties, went to London in 1708 and lobbied Queen Anne for military support to conquer all of New France.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She authorized a "great enterprise" to conquer all of Acadia and Canada in 1709 that was aborted when the promised military support failed to materialize.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005224_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005224-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vetch and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Francis Nicholson</a>, an Englishman who had previously served as colonial governor of Maryland and Virginia, returned to England in its aftermath, and again appealed to the queen for support. They were accompanied by four aboriginal chiefs, who caused a sensation in London.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicholson and Vetch successfully argued on behalf of colonial interests for British military support against Port Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005233_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005233-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nicholson arrived in Boston on 15 July 1710, bearing a commission from the queen as "General and Commander-in-Chief of all and sundry the Forces, to be employed in the expedition design'd for the reducing of Port Royal in Nova Scotia".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005233_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005233-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to 400 marines brought over from England, four New England provinces raised militia regiments: Massachusetts Bay provided 900, Rhode Island 180, Connecticut 300, and New Hampshire 100.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005234_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005234-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the provincial troops were drilled in the arts of <a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">siege</a> warfare by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mascarene" title="Paul Mascarene">Paul Mascarene</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenot</a> officer in the British Army.<sup id="cite_ref-R7_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R7-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A band of <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a> was also recruited to serve as scouts on the expedition.<sup id="cite_ref-Dra259_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dra259-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the fleet sailed on 29 September, it consisted of 36 transports, two <a href="/wiki/Bomb_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomb ship">bomb galleys</a>, and five warships.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005233_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005233-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two ships, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Falmouth_(1708)" title="HMS Falmouth (1708)">HMS <i>Falmouth</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dragon_(1647)" title="HMS Dragon (1647)">HMS <i>Dragon</i></a>, were sent from England, while <a href="/wiki/HMS_Feversham_(1696)" title="HMS Feversham (1696)">HMS <i>Feversham</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lowestoffe_(1697)" title="HMS Lowestoffe (1697)">HMS <i>Lowestoft</i></a> were sent from New York to join with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Chester_(1708)" title="HMS Chester (1708)">HMS <i>Chester</i></a>, which was already stationed at Boston.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicholson sent HMS <i>Chester</i> ahead of the fleet to blockade the <a href="/wiki/Digby_Gut" title="Digby Gut">Digby Gut</a>, which controlled naval access to Port Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-R7_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R7-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port_Royal_defences">Port Royal defences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Port Royal defences"><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:PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg/220px-PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg/330px-PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg/440px-PortRoyalAcadia1702.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Military engineer's drawing of Port Royal, 1702</figcaption></figure> <p>Port Royal was defended by about 300 troops, many of whom were poorly trained recruits from France.<sup id="cite_ref-MV61_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MV61-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase" title="Daniel d'Auger de Subercase">Subercase</a> had taken steps to improve the local defences since the 1707 sieges, building a new bomb-proof powder magazine and barracks in 1708, and clearing woods from the river banks to deny attackers cover. He completed the construction of another vessel to assist in naval defence, and engaged privateers with great success against New England fishing and shipping. From prisoners taken by the privateers he learned that plans were continually being made in 1708 and 1709 for new attempts on Port Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Siege">Siege</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="224" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="224" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase" title="Daniel d'Auger de Subercase">Daniel d'Auger de Subercase</a>, governor of Acadia 1706–1710</figcaption></figure> <p>As the fleet sailed north, it was met by a dispatch vessel sent by Thomas Matthews, captain of the <i>Chester</i>. She carried deserters from the French garrison, who reported that morale was extremely low.<sup id="cite_ref-R7_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R7-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicholson sent the ship ahead with one of the transports; when they entered Digby Gut they received some fire from parties of <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi'kmaq people">Mi'kmaq</a> on the shore. The ships returned fire with their cannons, without either side taking casualties. On 5 October, the main British fleet arrived at Goat Island, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) below Port Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-R8_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R8-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That afternoon, the transport <i>Caesar</i> ran aground while attempting to enter the <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_River" title="Annapolis River">Annapolis River</a>, and was eventually swept onto the rocks. Its captain, some of its crew, and 23 soldiers died, while a company commander and some 25 others struggled ashore.<sup id="cite_ref-R8_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R8-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following day, 6 October, British marines began landing both north and south of the fortress and the town. The northern force was joined by four New England regiments under Colonel Vetch, while Nicholson led the remaining New England troops as part of the southern force. The landings took place without incident, with fire from the fort answered by one of the fleet's <a href="/wiki/Bomb_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomb ship">bomb ships</a> at long range.<sup id="cite_ref-R9_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R9-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although later accounts of the siege claimed Vetch's detachment was part of a strategic plan to surround the fort, contemporary accounts report that Vetch wanted to have a command that was somewhat independent of Nicholson. These same accounts claim Vetch never got to within range of the fort's guns until after the siege ended; his attempts to erect a battery of mortars in a muddy area across Allain's Creek from the fort was repulsed by cannon fire.<sup id="cite_ref-R9_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R9-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The southern force met with <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a>-style resistance outside the fort, with Acadian and aboriginal defenders firing small arms from houses and wooded areas, in addition to taking fire from the fort.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fire resulted in three British killed, but the defenders were unable to keep the British on the south side from establishing a camp about 400 yards (370 m) from the fort.<sup id="cite_ref-R9_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R9-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Province_Galley_-_Cyprian_Southack.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Province_Galley_-_Cyprian_Southack.png" decoding="async" width="203" height="198" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="198" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Province_Galley_(ship)" title="Province Galley (ship)">Province Galley (ship)</a>, Commander <a href="/wiki/Cyprian_Southack" title="Cyprian Southack">Cyprian Southack</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Over the next four days the British landed their cannons and brought them up to the camp. Fire from the fort and supporters outside it persisted, and the British bomb ships wrought havoc within the fort with their fire each night.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005235_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005235-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the opening of new British batteries imminent, Subercase sent out an officer with a parley flag on 10 October. The negotiations got off to a bad start because the officer was not properly announced by a drummer, and deteriorated from there. Each side ended up holding an officer of the other, principally over matters of military etiquette, and the British continued their siege work.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 12 October, the siege trenches had advanced, and cannons that were within 300 feet (91 m) of the fort opened fire. Nicholson sent Subercase a demand that he surrender, and negotiations began once more. By the end of the day, the parties reached an agreement on the terms of surrender, which was formally signed the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The garrison was allowed to leave the fort with all the honours of war, "their Arms and Baggage, Drums beating, and Colours flying."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005235_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005235-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British were to transport the garrison to France, and there were specific protections in the capitulation to protect the local residents. These terms called for the "Inhabitants within Cannon shot of the Fort" to be allowed to remain on their properties for up to two years if they so chose, provided they were willing to take an oath to the <a href="/wiki/British_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="British Crown">British Crown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005235_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005235-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile plainlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Category:History of Nova Scotia"><b>a series</b></a> on the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle vcard" style="background:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nova_Scotia" title="History of Nova Scotia">History of Nova Scotia</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Famous_Bluenose_(Restored).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Famous_Bluenose_%28Restored%29.jpg/220px-The_Famous_Bluenose_%28Restored%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Famous_Bluenose_%28Restored%29.jpg/330px-The_Famous_Bluenose_%28Restored%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Famous_Bluenose_%28Restored%29.jpg/440px-The_Famous_Bluenose_%28Restored%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2801" data-file-height="3946" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption"><i><a href="/wiki/Bluenose" title="Bluenose">Bluenose</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #eee"> Events</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Habitation_at_Port-Royal" class="mw-redirect" title="Habitation at Port-Royal">Port Royal established</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1605</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Conquest of Acadia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1710</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Halifax" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Halifax">Halifax established</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1749</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy_Campaign_(1755)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755)">Bay of Fundy Campaign</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1755</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)" title="Siege of Louisbourg (1758)">Fall of Louisbourg</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1758</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Province_House_(Nova_Scotia)#Legislative_Assembly" title="Province House (Nova Scotia)"> Representative Government established</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1758</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Treaties" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Treaties">Halifax Treaties</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1760–61</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Hector_(immigration_ship)" title="Hector (immigration ship)">First significant Scottish immigration</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1773</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Cumberland" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Fort Cumberland">Battle of Fort Cumberland</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1776</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Birchtown,_Nova_Scotia" title="Birchtown, Nova Scotia">Birchtown established</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1783</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake#Chesapeake_is_taken" title="Capture of USS Chesapeake">Capture of USS <i>Chesapeake</i></a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1813</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Libel_trial_of_Joseph_Howe" title="Libel trial of Joseph Howe">Freedom of the Press</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1835</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Province_House_(Nova_Scotia)#Legislative_Assembly" title="Province House (Nova Scotia)"> First Acadian MLA elected</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1837</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nova_Scotia#Responsible_government" title="History of Nova Scotia"> Responsible Government established</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1848</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Affair" title="Chesapeake Affair">‪Chesapeake Affair</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1861</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Antigonish_Movement" title="Antigonish Movement">Co-op Movement begins</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1861</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Anti-Confederation_Party" title="Anti-Confederation Party">‪Anti-Confederation Party</a> elected</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1867</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/1869_Saxby_Gale" title="1869 Saxby Gale">Saxby Gale</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1869</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/William_D._Lawrence_(ship)" title="William D. Lawrence (ship)">Launch of <i>William D. Lawrence</i></a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1873</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Beinn_Bhreagh,_Nova_Scotia#Alexander_Graham_Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia">First airplane in the British Commonwealth</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1909</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Explosion" title="Halifax Explosion">Halifax Explosion</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1917</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Local_Council_of_Women_of_Halifax" title="Local Council of Women of Halifax">Nova Scotia [Women's] Franchise Act</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1918</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bluenose" title="Bluenose">Launch of <i>Bluenose</i></a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1922</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/William_Davis_Miners%27_Memorial_Day" title="William Davis Miners' Memorial Day">Coal Miners' Memorial Day</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1925</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Pugwash_Conferences_on_Science_and_World_Affairs" title="Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs">Pugwash Conferences</a> established</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1957</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Springhill_mining_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Springhill mining disaster">Springhill mining disaster</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1958</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission">NS Human Rights Commission established</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1967</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Acadian_Federation_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia">Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia</a> established</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1968</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Westray_Mine" title="Westray Mine">Westray Mine explosion</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1992</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Province_House_(Nova_Scotia)#Legislative_Assembly" title="Province House (Nova Scotia)"> First Black MLA elected</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1993</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq-Nova_Scotia-Canada_Tripartite_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Tripartite Forum">Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Tripartite Forum</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1997</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Viola_Desmond" title="Viola Desmond">Viola Desmond Apology</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2010</td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #eee"> Other</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><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/Military_history_of_the_Acadians" title="Military history of the Acadians">Military history of the Acadians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Mi%E2%80%99kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of the Mi’kmaq people">Military history of the Mi’kmaq people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Halifax" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Halifax">History of Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Nova_Scotians" title="Black Nova Scotians">Black Nova Scotians</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc; 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Samuel Vetch was inaugurated as the new governor of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massachusetts and New Hampshire proclaimed a day of public thanksgiving.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SamuelVetch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SamuelVetch.jpg/170px-SamuelVetch.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SamuelVetch.jpg/255px-SamuelVetch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SamuelVetch.jpg/340px-SamuelVetch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Vetch" title="Samuel Vetch">Samuel Vetch</a> became the first governor of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first French attempt to retake Annapolis Royal happened the next year. After <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Creek_(1711)" title="Battle of Bloody Creek (1711)">a skirmish</a> in which a party of British soldiers was ambushed, <a href="/wiki/Bernard-Anselme_d%27Abbadie_de_Saint-Castin" title="Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin">Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin</a> lead a force of 200 Acadians and native warriors in a siege of the fort, without success.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The capture of Port Royal marked the end of French rule in peninsular Acadia, and inaugurated a struggle for control of the territory that lasted until the British conquests of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-P84_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P84-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The status of Acadia was one of the more contentious issues in the negotiations leading to the 1713 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Utrecht_(1713)" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Utrecht (1713)">Treaty of Utrecht</a>, and very nearly led to renewed war.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French negotiators were unable to recover Acadia, although they were able to retain <a href="/wiki/Isle_Saint-Jean" title="Isle Saint-Jean">Isle Saint-Jean</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>) and <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>), which provided access to the important Atlantic fisheries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005253_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005253-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Acadia's people were placed in a difficult position by the conquest. The British on numerous occasions demanded they take oaths to the British Crown, but many refused to take oaths requiring them to take arms against the French, preferring to proclaim their neutrality.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this and other reasons, hundreds of Acadians left peninsular Nova Scotia over the next decade. Most of them avoided the principal French colonial settlements and went to French-occupied Isle Saint-Jean.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Acadia's border was not formally demarcated by the Treaty of Utrecht, which became a cause of ongoing friction between the British and French, especially on the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Chignecto" title="Isthmus of Chignecto">Isthmus of Chignecto</a>, which both sides eventually fortified. The French interpreted the phrase <i>ancient boundaries</i> to imply only the peninsula of present-day Nova Scotia, thereby excluding the mainland between New England and the St. Lawrence, ÎLe St. Jean, and Cape Breton. This helped the aboriginal groups of Abenaquis, Malecites, and <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq" title="Mi'kmaq">Mi'kmaq</a> to retain their sovereignty over their old hunting grounds.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1746, the <a href="/wiki/Duc_d%27Anville_expedition" title="Duc d'Anville expedition">grand expedition</a> was organized in France under the command of the <a href="/wiki/Duc_d%27Anville" class="mw-redirect" title="Duc d'Anville">Duc d'Anville</a>. The expedition was composed of 20 warships, 21 frigates, and 32 transport ships, containing 800 cannons, 3,000 soldiers, and 10,000 marines. The expedition was to retake <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg" title="Louisbourg">Louisbourg</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Royal,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia">Annapolis Royal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arsenault_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsenault-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after a three months crossing, and the dispersal of the fleet between Sable Island and the mainland, the expedition turned out to be a disaster for the French, and they would not try to recapture Port Royal again. </p><p>The territorial dispute would not be fully resolved until the British conquest of New France in 1760,<sup id="cite_ref-P84_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P84-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the informal boundary between the British and French in the dispute (the <a href="/wiki/Missaguash_River" title="Missaguash River">Missaguash River</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now forms the border between the <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> provinces of Nova Scotia and <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_forces">British forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: British forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Francis Nicholson</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Fleet</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dragon_(1647)" title="HMS Dragon (1647)">HMS <i>Dragon</i></a>, 50 guns, Captain George Martin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Falmouth_(1708)" title="HMS Falmouth (1708)">HMS <i>Falmouth</i></a>, 50 guns, Captain Walter Riddell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chester_(1708)" title="HMS Chester (1708)">HMS <i>Chester</i></a>, 50 guns, Captain <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mathews" title="Thomas Mathews">Thomas Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Lowestoffe_(1697)" title="HMS Lowestoffe (1697)">HMS <i>Lowestoffe</i></a>, 32 guns, Captain George Gordon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Feversham_(1696)" title="HMS Feversham (1696)">HMS <i>Feversham</i></a>, 35 guns, Captain Robert Paston</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Starr_(1694)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Starr (1694) (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Starr</i></a>, Commander Thomas Rochfort</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_Galley_(ship)" title="Province Galley (ship)"><i>Province Galley</i></a>, Captain <a href="/wiki/Cyprian_Southack" title="Cyprian Southack">Cyprian Southack</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Land forces</dt></dl> <ul><li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Vetch" title="Samuel Vetch">Samuel Vetch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adjutant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjutant General">Adjutant General</a></li> <li>Captain Walter Elliot, <a href="/wiki/Brigade_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigade Major">Brigade Major</a></li> <li>Battalion of Marines, <sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colonel Robert Reading</li> <li>Hobby's Regiment (Massachusetts Bay), Colonel <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hobby" title="Charles Hobby">Sir Charles Hobby</a>.</li> <li>Tailer's Regiment (Massachusetts Bay), Colonel <a href="/wiki/William_Tailer" title="William Tailer">William Tailer</a>.</li> <li>Whiting's Regiment (Connecticut), Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Whiting_(1660%E2%80%931724)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Whiting (1660–1724) (page does not exist)">William Whiting</a>.</li> <li>Walton's Regiment (New Hampshire), Colonel <a href="/wiki/Shadrach_Walton" title="Shadrach Walton">Shadrach Walton</a>.</li> <li>Company of Gunner and Matrosses, Colonel Samuel Vetch, Captain.</li> <li>Company of Indian Scouts (<a href="/wiki/Iroquois_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Iroquois Indians">Iroquois Indians</a>), Major of Scouts John Livingston, Captain.</li></ul> <p>Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_forces">French forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: French forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Daniel_d%27Auger_de_Subercase" title="Daniel d'Auger de Subercase">Daniel d'Auger de Subercase</a>, Governor of Acadia</li> <li>150 soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Compagnies_Franches_de_la_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Compagnies Franches de la Marine">Compagnies Franches de la Marine</a></li> <li>100 men of the <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Acadians" title="Military history of the Acadians">Acadian Militia</a></li> <li>Some Canadians</li> <li>Some <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateers</a></li></ul> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Mi%E2%80%99kmaq_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of the Mi’kmaq People">Military history of the Mi’kmaq People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Acadians" title="Military history of the Acadians">Military history of the Acadians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Military history of Nova Scotia">Military history of Nova Scotia</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_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dates in this article are given in the <a href="/wiki/New_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="New Style">New Style</a>; many older English accounts use Old Style dates for this action: 24 September to 2 October</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a href="#CITEREFGrenier2008">Grenier (2008)</a>, p. 12, prior to 1710, English forces had only raided, sacked, and temporarily occupied French colonial possessions. Other territories the English conquered came at the expense of other nations or aboriginals.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For "Mi'kmaq" versus "Micmac" or other potential transliterations, see the article <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi'kmaq people">Mi'kmaq people</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Made up of detachments from Holt's, <a href="/wiki/30th_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Foot">Will's</a>, <a href="/wiki/32nd_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd Foot">Fox's</a>, Shannon's, and <a href="/wiki/31st_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Foot">Churchill's</a> regiments of marines.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Nva Scotia Historical Society. 1975. p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MacVicar, p. 68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reid, p. 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005253-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGriffiths2005253_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGriffiths2005">Griffiths (2005)</a>, p. 253.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MacVicar, pp. 69–70</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plank, p. 65</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">W.J. Eccles, France in America, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. p. 107</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-arsenault-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-arsenault_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Arsenault, Bona, Histoire des Acadiens, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. 1978. Leméac p. 140</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fryer, p. 50</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ells, p. 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell & Kent 1785, vol. 5, p. 116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Drake 1897, p. 259.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dalton 1904, pp. 283–290.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bouton 1864, p. 453.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartrand 1993, p. 162.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Baudry 1969, p. 38.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cited_literature">Cited literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cited literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li>Baudry, René (1969). "Aguer de Subercase." <i>Dictionary of Canadian Biography.</i> Toronto: 35–39.</li> <li>Bouton, Nathaniel (1869). <i>Documents and papers relating to the Province of New Hampshire. Vol. III.</i> Manchester.</li> <li>Campbell J. & Kent, John (1785). <i>Biographia nautical.</i> Dublin.</li> <li>Chartrand, Rene (1993). <i>Canadian Military Heritage. Vol. 1.</i> Art Global, Inc.</li> <li>Dalton, Charles (1904). <i>English Army Lists and Commissions Registers, 1661–1714. Vol. VI. 1707–1714.</i> London: Eyre and Spotswoode.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Drake" class="citation book cs1">Drake, Samuel Adams (1910) [1897]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_L_AXAAAAIAAJ"><i>The Border Wars of New England</i></a>. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/2358736">2358736</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Border+Wars+of+New+England&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=C.+Scribner%27s+Sons&rft.date=1910&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F2358736&rft.aulast=Drake&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Adams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_L_AXAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDunn2004" class="citation book cs1">Dunn, Brenda (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofportroy0000dunn"><i>A History of Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal 1605–1800</i></a>. Halifax, NS: Nimbus. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55109-484-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55109-484-7"><bdi>978-1-55109-484-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/54775638">54775638</a>.</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+Port-Royal%2FAnnapolis+Royal+1605%E2%80%931800&rft.place=Halifax%2C+NS&rft.pub=Nimbus&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F54775638&rft.isbn=978-1-55109-484-7&rft.aulast=Dunn&rft.aufirst=Brenda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhistoryofportroy0000dunn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFElls1907" class="citation book cs1">Ells, R. W (1907). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4d27AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA1"><i>The Geology and Mineral Resources of New Brunswick</i></a>. Publications of the Geological Survey of Canada. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/623250098">623250098</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Geology+and+Mineral+Resources+of+New+Brunswick&rft.place=Ottawa&rft.series=Publications+of+the+Geological+Survey+of+Canada&rft.pub=Geological+Survey+of+Canada&rft.date=1907&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F623250098&rft.aulast=Ells&rft.aufirst=R.+W&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4d27AAAAIAAJ%26pg%3DRA3-PA1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFaragher2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Mack_Faragher" title="John Mack Faragher">Faragher, John Mack</a> (2005). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greatnoblescheme00fara"><i>A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland</i></a></span>. W.W Norton & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-05135-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-393-05135-3"><bdi>978-0-393-05135-3</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+Great+and+Noble+Scheme%3A+The+Tragic+Story+of+the+Expulsion+of+the+French+Acadians+from+Their+American+Homeland&rft.pub=W.W+Norton+%26+Company&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-393-05135-3&rft.aulast=Faragher&rft.aufirst=John+Mack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgreatnoblescheme00fara&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFryer1986" class="citation book cs1">Fryer, Mary Beacock (1986). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_a0y5"><i>Battlefields of Canada</i></a></span>. Toronto: Dundurn Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55002-007-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55002-007-6"><bdi>978-1-55002-007-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/15554679">15554679</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battlefields+of+Canada&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pub=Dundurn+Press&rft.date=1986&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F15554679&rft.isbn=978-1-55002-007-6&rft.aulast=Fryer&rft.aufirst=Mary+Beacock&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funset0000unse_a0y5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%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=jVG5h6G5fWMC&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/978-0-8061-3876-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8061-3876-3"><bdi>978-0-8061-3876-3</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=978-0-8061-3876-3&rft.aulast=Grenier&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjVG5h6G5fWMC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths2005" class="citation book cs1">Griffiths, N.E.S. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cG4wSmIlziYC&pg=PP1"><i>From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People, 1604–1755</i></a>. McGill-Queen's University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-2699-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-2699-0"><bdi>978-0-7735-2699-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=From+Migrant+to+Acadian%3A+A+North+American+Border+People%2C+1604%E2%80%931755&rft.pub=McGill-Queen%27s+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-7735-2699-0&rft.aulast=Griffiths&rft.aufirst=N.E.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcG4wSmIlziYC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacVicar1897" class="citation book cs1">MacVicar, William (1897). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ashorthistoryan01macvgoog"><i>A Short History of Annapolis Royal: the Port Royal of the French, From its Settlement in 1604 to the Withdrawal of the British Troops in 1854</i></a>. Toronto: Copp, Clark. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/6408962">6408962</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Short+History+of+Annapolis+Royal%3A+the+Port+Royal+of+the+French%2C+From+its+Settlement+in+1604+to+the+Withdrawal+of+the+British+Troops+in+1854&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pub=Copp%2C+Clark&rft.date=1897&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F6408962&rft.aulast=MacVicar&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fashorthistoryan01macvgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeckham1964" class="citation book cs1">Peckham, Howard (1964). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/colonialwars168900peck"><i>The Colonial Wars, 1689–1762</i></a></span>. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1175484">1175484</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Colonial+Wars%2C+1689%E2%80%931762&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1964&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1175484&rft.aulast=Peckham&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcolonialwars168900peck&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlank2001" class="citation book cs1">Plank, Geoffrey (2001). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unsettledconques00plan"><i>An Unsettled Conquest</i></a></span>. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8122-1869-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8122-1869-5"><bdi>978-0-8122-1869-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/424128960">424128960</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Unsettled+Conquest&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pub=University+of+Pennsylvania+Press&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F424128960&rft.isbn=978-0-8122-1869-5&rft.aulast=Plank&rft.aufirst=Geoffrey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funsettledconques00plan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRawlyk1973" class="citation book cs1">Rawlyk, George (1973). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/novascotiasmassa0000rawl"><i>Nova Scotia's Massachusetts</i></a></span>. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-0142-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-0142-3"><bdi>978-0-7735-0142-3</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1371993">1371993</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nova+Scotia%27s+Massachusetts&rft.place=Montreal&rft.pub=McGill-Queen%27s+University+Press&rft.date=1973&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1371993&rft.isbn=978-0-7735-0142-3&rft.aulast=Rawlyk&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnovascotiasmassa0000rawl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReid,_JohnBasque,_MauriceMancke,_ElizabethMoody,_Barry2004" class="citation book cs1">Reid, John; Basque, Maurice; Mancke, Elizabeth; Moody, Barry; Plank, Geoffrey; Wicken, William (2004). <i>The 'Conquest' of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial, and Aboriginal Constructions</i>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8020-3755-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8020-3755-8"><bdi>978-0-8020-3755-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/249082697">249082697</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+%27Conquest%27+of+Acadia%2C+1710%3A+Imperial%2C+Colonial%2C+and+Aboriginal+Constructions&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F249082697&rft.isbn=978-0-8020-3755-8&rft.au=Reid%2C+John&rft.au=Basque%2C+Maurice&rft.au=Mancke%2C+Elizabeth&rft.au=Moody%2C+Barry&rft.au=Plank%2C+Geoffrey&rft.au=Wicken%2C+William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSociety_of_Colonial_Wars1897" class="citation book cs1">Society of Colonial Wars (1897). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xTwvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95"><i>Publications of the Society of Colonial Wars, Number 3</i></a>. Boston: self-published. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/5250963">5250963</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Publications+of+the+Society+of+Colonial+Wars%2C+Number+3&rft.place=Boston&rft.pub=self-published&rft.date=1897&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F5250963&rft.au=Society+of+Colonial+Wars&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxTwvAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA95&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASiege+of+Port+Royal+%281710%29" class="Z3988"></span> Contains muster rolls and other documents concerning Massachusetts participation, as well as an official British account of the expedition.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/biographianaval03chargoog#page/n205/mode/2up/search/nova+scotia">John Charmock Biographia Navalis. 1794, p. 199</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ACompleteHistoryOfTheMostRemarkableTransactionsAtSeaFromTheEarliestAccountsOfTime/page/n823?q=dartmouth+%22Nova+Scotia%22">A Complete History Of The Most Remarkable Transactions At Sea From The Earliest Accounts Of Time. 1714</a></li></ul> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><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 .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)&params=44_44_30_N_65_30_55_W_region:CA-NS_type:city&title=Conquest+of+Acadia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°44′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">65°30′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.74167°N 65.51528°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.74167; 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