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Siege of Annapolis Royal (1745)

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on the Saint John River. While at the village, Mi'kmaq from Nova Scotia arrived and, on July 6, 1745, tortured him and a Mohawk ranger from Gorham's company named Jacob, as retribution for the killing of their family members by Ranger John Gorham during the
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and Annapolis Royal. The French under the command of Devier immediately defeated Canso and then made an unsuccessful attempt on the capital. The French made another attempt on the capital the following year.
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had been the staging ground for the French and Mi'kmaq sieges of Annapolis Royal. This led Gorham to demand to take control of Grand Pre after the first siege in 1744 and again after the second.
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A History of the French War: Ending in the Conquest of Canada, with a Preliminary Account of the Early Attempts at Colonization and Struggles for the Possession of the Continent
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on a three-week siege against the British at Annapolis Royal. This force was twice the size of French officer Duvivier's expedition against
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The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr: During His Captivity in the French and Indian War from May, 1745, to August, 1747
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Bates, George T. (1954). "John Gorham, 1709-1751: An Outline of his Activities in Nova Scotia, 1744-1751".
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Martin was not able to assist Louisbourg because the New Englanders stopped him in the
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with an assault on the capital. There were only two British outposts in the colony:
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Index

King George's War

Paul Mascarene
40th Regiment
John Smibert
Fort Anne
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Great Britain
France
Mi'kmaq
Maliseet
Paul Mascarene
Edward Tyng
Paul Marin de la Malgue
Antoine Le Poupet de La Boularderie
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King George's War
Planned French invasion
Canso
Newfoundland
Annapolis Royal 1st
Annapolis Royal 2nd
Port Toulouse
Capture of Vigilant
Louisbourg
Tatamagouche
1st Northeast Coast
Saratoga

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