Siege of Louisbourg

When

11 May 1745 – 28 Jun 1745

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

45.92° N, 59.97° W

Description

1745 siege

1745 siege of the War of the Austrian Succession

The siege of Louisbourg was the 1745 capture of the French settlement of Louisbourg on present-day Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, by British North American forces during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies. The Fortress of Louisbourg was taken with the aid of a British fleet.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “troisième Guerre intercoloniale : siège et prise de la forteresse de Louisbourg sur l’Île du Cap-Breton par les Britanniques”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Англичане захватили в Канаде крепость Луисбург в устье реки святого Лаврентия”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار لويسبورغ في الفترة ما بين 11 مايو و28 يونيو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジョージ王戦争：ルイブールの戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the Austrian Succession16 Dec 1740 · War