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Rare separately issued broadside view of the naval battle at Louisbourg, fought during the French & Indian War.
This finely engraved view of the battle by Johann Martin Will, provides a graphic stylized account of the naval battle fought in June 1758 between British and French Naval forces, during the initial British invasion of Louisbourg in June 1758.
The British first took Louisbourg during the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession. The fortress of Louisbourg was returned to France at the end of that war. With the outbreak of the French & Indian War, the British realized that Louisbourg would need to be retaken in order for a campaign to proceed against Quebec.
Sailing in late May 1758, a British force led by Major General Jeffrey Amherst (right) and Admiral Edward Boscawen approached the city. Landing on June 8 1758, against enemy opposition, British forces led by Brigadier General James Wolfe secured the beaches allowing Amherst's main body to come ashore. Approaching the town, the British laid siege and began reducing its defenses. After the French warships in the harbor were eliminated and with the defenses in shambles, the French Garrison surrendered on July 26.
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