All these operations were accomplished with the utmost ardor and energy but with a scorn of rule and precedent that astonished and bewildered the
English Colonists Land in Front of Louisbourg
They seized the Grand Battery consisting of twenty-eight forty-two-pounders, and two eighteen-pounders.Our special project presenting the definitive
Parkman Part 6-2, Chapter 19
On the twenty-fourth of March 1745 the fleet, consisting of about ninety transports, escorted by the provincial warships, sailed from Nantasket
Army for God and Against Louisbourg
When the levies were complete, it was found that Massachusetts had contributed about 3,300 men, Connecticut 516, and New Hampshire 304 in her own pay,
Preparations for the Louisbourg Expedition
Few knew well what a fortress was, and nobody knew how to attack one.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
Should Louisbourg Be Attacked?
Louisbourg was a standing menace to all the northern British colonies. It was the only French naval station on the continent.Our special project
Parkman Vol. 6-2, Chapter 18
France had now occupied the valley of the Mississippi and joined with loose and uncertain links her two colonies of Canada and Louisiana.Our special
Parkman Vol. 6-2, Chapter 17
France claims all North America except for those lands claimed by Spain.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
The La Vérendrye’s Fate
The below narrative rests mainly on contemporary documents, official in character, of which the originals are preserved in the archives of the French