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Raid on Canso
Part of King George's War
Fort William Augustus, Canso
Date
23 May 1744
Location
Canso, Nova Scotia
Result
French victory
Belligerents
France Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia)
Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
François Dupont Duvivier
Patrick Heron (POW)
George Ryall (POW)
Units involved
Acadian militia Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia) Troupes de la marine
40th Regiment
Strength
17 vessels
2 privateers
1 sloop
14 fishing boats
351 soldiers
139 men and officers of the troupes de la marine
212 militia
over 100 men
several ships
Casualties and losses
5 prisoners,[1] 2 wounded, 1 killed[2]
1 killed, 4 wounded, about 100 captured
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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
2nd Northeast Coast
Ile Saint-Jean
d'Anville Expedition
Fort Massachusetts
Grand Pré
Fort at Number 4
3rd Northeast Coast
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
The Raid on Canso was an attack by French forces from Louisbourg on the British outpost Fort William Augustus at Canso, Nova Scotia shortly after war declarations opened King George's War. The French raid was intended to boost morale, secure Louisbourg's supply lines with the surrounding Acadian settlements, and deprive Britain of a base from which to attack Louisbourg. There were 50 English families in the settlement.[3] While the settlement was utterly destroyed, the objective failed, since the British launched an attack on Louisbourg in 1745, using Canso as a staging area.
^Pote, William (1896). The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr., during his Captivity in the French and Indian War from May, 1745, to August, 1747. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 75.
^Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Vol. I. Boston. 1792. pp. 22-23.
^Joseph Emerson. Diary kept at the Siege of Louisburg. March 15-August 14, 1745. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1910, pp. 10-11.
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