Siege of Louisbourg

The siege of Louisbourg was the 1745 capture of the French settlement of Louisbourg on present-day Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, by a combined British/British North American force during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies. The Fortress of Louisbourg was taken with the aid of a British fleet.

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1745 Siege of Louisbourg

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1758 Siege of Louisbourg

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1781 Action of 21 July 1781

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Plan Louisbourg avec attaque des Anglais en 1745

A View of the Landing of the New England Forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton, 1745 (HS85-10-24157)

Plan du siege de Louisbourg 1745

The story of the Dominion; four hundred years in the annals of half a continent; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time; embracing its growth, progress and (14578435327)

Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time (1901) (14598270637)

Embarkation of New England troops under Governor Pepperell during the expedition against Louisburg, Cape Breton and Nova Scotia LCCN92511291

A plan of the city & harbour of Louisburg, shewing that part of Gabarus Bay in which the English landed, also their encampment during the Siege in 1745 (4231160299)

MoultonSteinFromPepperell

142 of 'History of the United States, prepared especially for schools. ... Illustrated with charts, maps, etc' (11064533684)

243 of 'A History of the Island of Cape Breton, with some account of the discovery and settlement of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. (With maps.)' (11089371294)

• ВЭ / Луисбург - encyclopedic article, Russian

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1745	Siege of Louisbourg	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1758	Siege of Louisbourg	naval battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Action of 21 July 1781	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
site	fort	1713	Fortress of Louisbourg	National Historic Site Administered by Parks Canada, fortress	Wikidata
commons	image		Plan Louisbourg avec attaque des Anglais en 1745		Commons
commons	image		A View of the Landing of the New England Forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton, 1745 (HS85-10-24157)		Commons
commons	image		Plan du siege de Louisbourg 1745		Commons
commons	image		The story of the Dominion; four hundred years in the annals of half a continent; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time; embracing its growth, progress and (14578435327)		Commons
commons	image		Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time (1901) (14598270637)		Commons
commons	image		Embarkation of New England troops under Governor Pepperell during the expedition against Louisburg, Cape Breton and Nova Scotia LCCN92511291		Commons
commons	image		A plan of the city & harbour of Louisburg, shewing that part of Gabarus Bay in which the English landed, also their encampment during the Siege in 1745 (4231160299)		Commons
commons	image		MoultonSteinFromPepperell		Commons
commons	image		142 of 'History of the United States, prepared especially for schools. ... Illustrated with charts, maps, etc' (11064533684)		Commons
commons	image		243 of 'A History of the Island of Cape Breton, with some account of the discovery and settlement of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. (With maps.)' (11089371294)		Commons