Description:
Print titled "A View of the Landing the New England Forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton, 1745" depicting a view of the seige of the fortress at Louisbourg in New France in 1745, done by J. Steven and "Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil & Carington Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church ." The fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island (called by the French, Isle Royale), a vital commercial center for the French in North America, was captured by a large, but inexperienced, New England force under the leadership of Sir William Pepperell (1696-1759), a merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts, and an English fleet under Commodore Peter Warren (1703-17520 in 1745. It was returned to the French by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, only to be recaptured by the British in 1758 during the French and Indian War. The British destroyed the fortress two years later and with it the French foothold in North America.
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