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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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CHAPTER XXII.1745-1747.ACADIAN CONFLICTS.Efforts <strong>of</strong> <strong>France</strong>. — Apathy <strong>of</strong> Newcastle. — Dilemma opacadians : their character. danger <strong>of</strong> the prov<strong>in</strong>ce,— Plans <strong>of</strong> Shirley. — Acadian Priests. — Political Agitators.— Noble's Expedition. — Ramesay at Beaubass<strong>in</strong>. —Noble at Gr<strong>and</strong> Pre. — A W<strong>in</strong>ter March. — Defeat <strong>and</strong>Death <strong>of</strong> Noble. — Gr<strong>and</strong> Pre reoccupied by the English.— Threats <strong>of</strong> Ramesay aga<strong>in</strong>st the Acadians. — TheBritish M<strong>in</strong>istry will not protect them.S<strong>in</strong>ce the capture <strong>of</strong> Louisbourg, <strong>France</strong> had heldconstantly m view, as an object <strong>of</strong>prime importance,the recovery <strong>of</strong> her lost colony <strong>of</strong> Acadia. This wasone <strong>of</strong> the chief aims <strong>of</strong> D'Anville's expedition, <strong>and</strong><strong>of</strong> that <strong>of</strong> La Jonquidre <strong>in</strong> the next year. And tomake assurance still more sure, a large body <strong>of</strong> Canadians,under M. de Ramesay, had been sent to Acadiato co-operate with D'Anville's force;but the greaterpart <strong>of</strong> them had been recalled to aid <strong>in</strong> defend<strong>in</strong>gQuebec aga<strong>in</strong>st the expected attack <strong>of</strong> the English.They returned when the news came that D'Anvillewas at Chibucto, <strong>and</strong> Ramesay, with a part <strong>of</strong> hiscomm<strong>and</strong>, advanced upon Port Royal, or Annapolis,<strong>in</strong> order to support the fleet <strong>in</strong> its promised attack on

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