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== Second Siege == |
== Second Siege == |
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Colonel Francis Wainwright led the second siege on August 20. It lasted eleven days. |
Colonel Francis Wainwright led the second siege on August 20. It lasted eleven days. Initially, Subercase sent out a detachment of thirty Acadians and eight aboriginal fighters to ambush the New Englanders. Other detashments carried on similar work. Subercase himself led 120 soldiers out of the fort. At the end of the two week campaign, approxiamtely seventy men engaged the New Englanders in hand-to-hand combat, which was fought with axes and musket butts. Saint-Castin, and almost twenty of their men were wonded while five others were killed.<ref>Brenda Dunn, p. 74</ref> The French killed approximately 120 or 200, according to French sources, or 14 - 15 according to English sources.<ref>Brenda Dunn, p. 74</ref> Again, the New Englanders retreated. <ref>Faragher, John Mack, A Great and Noble Scheme New York; W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. pp. 115-116</ref> |
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== Consequences == |
== Consequences == |
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Revision as of 10:23, 13 August 2010
The Siege of Port Royal in 1707 involved two of three attempts by the English to conquer Acadia by capturing the capital Port Royal, Nova Scotia during Queen Anne's War.
Historical context
The English tried on numerous occasions to control the Acadian capital.
First Siege
The first siege during the war happened on June 17 and lasted for eleven days. Colonel John March, the most senior officer in Massachuesettes was sent to defeat the capital. Acadian governor Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, along with Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin's warriors and many Acadians, successfully defended the capital. The New Englanders arrived with aopproximately 1100 troops.[1] The French were out number by at least four to one. The French and their allies killed many of the New Englanders in the intial attack. In the follow up attack the French killed eight of the New Englanders and then they retreated to Maine on June 28. [2]
Second Siege
Colonel Francis Wainwright led the second siege on August 20. It lasted eleven days. Initially, Subercase sent out a detachment of thirty Acadians and eight aboriginal fighters to ambush the New Englanders. Other detashments carried on similar work. Subercase himself led 120 soldiers out of the fort. At the end of the two week campaign, approxiamtely seventy men engaged the New Englanders in hand-to-hand combat, which was fought with axes and musket butts. Saint-Castin, and almost twenty of their men were wonded while five others were killed.[3] The French killed approximately 120 or 200, according to French sources, or 14 - 15 according to English sources.[4] Again, the New Englanders retreated. [5]
Consequences
The British made one more attempt to regain the capital of Acadia in the Siege of Port Royal (1710).
References
Endnotes
Secondary Sources
- Faragher, John Mack, A Great and Noble Scheme New York; W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
- Drake, Samuel Adams. The border wars of New England: commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's Wars
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