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Category: Seven Years War

On June 8, 1758, a British force of 40 warships, 14,000 soldiers, and 12,000 sailors and marines began the siege of Louisbourg, located on the approaches to the St. Lawrence River in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada.

June 8, 2024

1700s, Chevalier de Drucour, Edward Boscawen, Fortress Louisbourg, History Daily, James Wolfe, Jeffrey Amherst, Nova Scotia, Seven Years War

1700s, Chevalier de Drucour, Edward Boscawen, Fortress Louisbourg, History Daily, James Wolfe, Jeffrey Amherst, Nova Scotia, Seven Years War