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| Raid on Canso | |||||||
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| Part of King George's War | |||||||
&lang=en&file=File:FortWilliamAugustusCansoNovaScotia_copy.jpg) Fort William Augustus, Canso | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 FranceWabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia) |
 Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| François Dupont Duvivier | George Ryall (POW) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Acadian militia Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia) Troupes de la marine | 40th Regiment | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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17 vessels
351 soldiers
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over 100 men several ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 prisoners,[1] 2 wounded, 1 killed[2] | 1 killed, 4 wounded, about 100 captured | ||||||
The Raid on Canso was an attack by French forces from Louisbourg on the British outpost Fort William Augustus at Canso, Nova Scotia shortly after war declarations opened King George's War. The French raid was intended to boost morale, secure Louisbourg's supply lines with the surrounding Acadian settlements, and deprive Britain of a base from which to attack Louisbourg. There were 50 English families in the settlement.[3] While the settlement was utterly destroyed, the objective failed, since the British launched an attack on Louisbourg in 1745, using Canso as a staging area.
- ^ Pote, William (1896). The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr., during his Captivity in the French and Indian War from May, 1745, to August, 1747. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 75.
- ^ Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Vol. I. Boston. 1792. pp. 22-23.
- ^ Joseph Emerson. Diary kept at the Siege of Louisburg. March 15-August 14, 1745. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1910, pp. 10-11.
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