Battle of Fort Beauséjour

When

16 Jun 1755

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.87° N, 64.29° W

Description

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia theatre of the Seven Years' War, which would eventually lead to the end of the French colonial empire in North America.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in North America surrenders to the British, marking the end of "Father Le Loutre's War"”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire britannique sur la France à la bataille de Fort Beauséjour”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Seven Years' War17 May 1756 · War