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viLOUISBOURG TAICEN.A Rash Resolution. — The Island Battery. — The Volunteers. —The Attack. — The Repulse. — Capture of the " Vigilant." —A Sortie. — Skirmishes. — Despondency of the French. —English Camp threatened. — Pepperrell and Warren. — War-—CONTENTS.Moody. — The Soldiers. — The Provincial Navy. — CommodoreWarren. — Shirley as an Amateur Soldier. — The FleetCHAPTER XIX.1745.LOUISBOURG BESIEGED.Weakness of Duchambon. — Sufferings of the Besiegers :their Hardihood ; their Irregular Proceedings. — JosephSherburn. — Amateur Gunnery. — Camp Frolics. — SectarianCHAPTER XX.1745.ren's Plan. — Preparation for a General Attack. — Flag ofCHAPTER XXI.1745-1747.Stephen Williams : his Diary. — Scheme of ConqueringCanada. — Newcastle's Promises. — Alarm in Canada. —Crown Point. — StartlingNews. — D'Anville's Fleet. — Louisbourg to be avenged.Pagesails 59Seth Pomeroy. — The Voyage. — Canseau. — Unexpected Succors.— Delays. — Louisbourg. — The Landing. — The GrandBattery taken. — French Cannon turned on the Town.Zeal. — Perplexities of Pepperrell 90Truce. — Capitulation. — State of the Fortress. — ParsonMoody. — Soldiers dissatisfied. — Disorders. — Army andNavy. — Rejoicings. — England repays Provincial Outlays . 117DUG d'aNVILLE.Louisbourg after the Conquest. — Mutiny. — Pestilence. —'Promises broken. — Plan againstDisasters of D'Anville. — Storm. — Pestilence. — Famine. —Death of D'Anville. — Suicide of the Vice-Admiral. — RuinousFailure. — Return Voyage. — Defeat of La Jouquiere . 145
—:CONTENTS. -mCHAPTER XXn.1745-1747.acadian conflicts.PageEfforts of France. — Apathy of Newcastle. — Dilemma of Acadians: their Character. — Danger of the Province. — Plansof Shirley. — Acadian Priests. — Political Agitators. —Noble's Expedition. — Ramesay at Beaubassin. — Noble atGrand-Pre. — A Winter Jlarch. — Defeat and Death of Noble.— Grand-Pre reoccupied by the English. — Threats ofRamesay against the Acadians. — The British Ministry -willnot protect them 169CHAPTER XXm.1740-1747.WAR AND POLITICS.Governor and Assembly. — Saratoga destroyed. — William .Johnson.— Border Ravages. — Upper Ashuelot. — French " MilitaryMovements." — Number Four. — Niverville's Attack. —Phineas Stevens. — The French repulsed 205CHAPTER XXrV.1745-1748.FORT MASSACHUSETTS.Frontier Defence. — Northfield and its Minister. — Military Criticismsof Rev. Benjamin Doolittle. — Rigaud de Vaudreuilhis Great War-party ; he attacks Fort Massachusetts. —Sergeant Hawks and hisGarrison. — A Gallant Defence.Capitulation. — Humanity of the French. — Ravages. — Returnto Crown Point. — Peace of Aix-larChapeUe .... 230APPENDIX.A. France claimis aU North America except the SpanishColonies 257B. French Views of the Siege of Louisbourg 274C. Shirley's Relations with the Acadians 312INDEX 361
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1745.] DEFENCES OF LOUISBOURG. 95si
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1745.] THE LANDING. 97It was about
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1745.] FRENCH CANNON. 101he got a l
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1745.] THE NEW ENGLAND CAMP. 103of
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1745.] HARDIHOOD OF THE BESIEGERS.
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1745.] RESULT OF THE FIRE. IllThe f
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1745.] RELIGIOUS ZEAL. 113truant di
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1745.] THE ATTACK. 119are at work m
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1745.] THE ATTACK. 121the folly to
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1745.] THE "VIGILANT" CAPTURED. 123
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1745.] WARREN AND PEPPERRELL. 127In
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1745.] CAPITULATION. 131Warren was
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—1745.] ARIklY AND NAVY. 139been
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1745.] NEWS OF THE VICTORY. 141prec
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;1745.] PROVINCIAL OUTLAYS REPAID.
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CHAPTER XXL1745-1747.DUG D'ANVILLE.
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1745.] MUTINOUS MILITIA. 147Louisbo
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1746.] THE FLEET AT CHIBUCTO. 161th
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1746.] A LAST EFFORT. 165the result
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" ^1746.] THE STORY OF "LA PALME."
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CHAPTER XXII.1745-1747.ACADIAN CONF
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1745, 1746.] ACADIAN DILEMMA. 171Br
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1745-1747.] SHIRLEY'S PLANS. 179the
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308 APPENDIX.a monsieur Verrier, in
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INDEX.
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;;.362 INDEX.English rivals for, i.
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;366 INDEX.Bieuville, Le Moyne de,
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;370 INDEX.son, i. 141 ; on the pes
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;372 INDEX.Covenanters, the, i. 193
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;374 INDEX.enemy begs for mercy, i.
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;;376 INDEX.except those France may
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;382 INDEX.colony in Louisiana, i.
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ii. 167.La Perelle, ii. 132, 303.La
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;402 INDEX.Protestants, the, exclud
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;St. Paul's Bay, i. 25.St, Peter, I
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