Battle at Port-la-Joye

Battle at Port-la-Joye
Part of King George's War
Soldier of the 29th Regiment of Foot, 1742
Date 11 July 1746 Location Port la Joye, near Northeast River, Ile Saint Jean (present day Hillsborough River, Prince Edward Island) Result French, Mi'kmaq victory
Belligerents
France  New France Mi'kmaq militia	British America  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay (overall French commander) Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers (French commander) Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot Joseph-Michel Legardeur de Croisille et de Montesson[1]	Captain John Rous, Captain Hugh Scott
Units involved
Acadian militia Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia) Troupes de la marine	29th Regiment Gorham's Rangers
Strength
300 French regulars and militia; 200 Mi'kmaq[2]	40 British troops
Casualties and losses
2 Mi'kmaq killed, 2 wounded; 40 Acadian prisoners	34 British troops killed, 7 prisoners

Military history of the Mi'kmaq
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Events
Battle of Port La Tour 1677 Raid on Salmon Falls 1690 Raid on Chignecto 1696 Avalon Peninsula Campaign 1696–97 Northeast Coast Campaign 1703 Raid on Grand Pré 1704 Siege of St. John's 1705 ‪Battle of St. John's 1709 Siege of Port Royal 1710 Raid on Port Roseway 1715 Battle of Winnepang 1722 Blockade of Annapolis Royal 1722 Raid on Canso 1744 Siege of Annapolis Royal 1744 Siege of Port Toulouse 1745 Siege of Louisbourg 1745 Naval battle off Tatamagouche 1745 ‪Battle at Port-la-Joye 1746 Battle of Grand Pré 1747 Raid on Dartmouth 1749 Siege of Grand Pre 1749 ‪Battle at St. Croix 1750 Battle at Chignecto 1750 Raid on Dartmouth 1751 Attack at Mocodome 1753 Battle of Fort Beauséjour 1755 Battle of Petitcodiac 1755 Battle of Bloody Creek 1757 Siege of Louisbourg 1758 Lunenburg Campaign 1758 Battle of Restigouche 1760 Halifax Treaties 1761
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The Battle at Port-la-Joye (also known as the Port-la-Joye Massacre^[3]) was a battle in King George's War that took place with British against French troops and Mi'kmaq militia on the banks of present-day Hillsborough River, Prince Edward Island in the summer of 1746. French officer Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay sent French and Mi'kmaq forces to Port-la-Joye where they surprised and defeated a force of 200 Massachusetts militia in two British naval vessels that were gathering provisions for recently captured Louisbourg.^[4]