Capture of Fort Beauséjour

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:aftermath Expulsion of Acadians
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Robert_Monckton
gptkbp:conflict Anglo-French conflicts
gptkbp:current_status gptkb:ruins
gptkbp:date June 16, 1755
gptkbp:defense Captain Charles Deschamps de Boishébert
gptkbp:defense_mechanism Earthen walls
gptkbp:fighting_style gptkb:Siege_warfare
gptkbp:fort_built_by French military
gptkbp:fortifications gptkb:fortress
French military architecture
gptkbp:historical_context French colonial expansion
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:Captain_John_Rous
gptkb:Captain_Louis_de_la_Corne
gptkb:Governor_Charles_Lawrence
Captain François de la Roque
Captain Jean-Baptiste de Lauberdie
Captain Joseph de Monbeton de Brouillan
Captain Pierre de la Corne
General Edward Cornwallis
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Mascarene
Major John Winslow
gptkbp:historical_impact Shift in colonial power dynamics
gptkbp:historical_site gptkb:historical_site
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Capture of Fort Beauséjour
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Beauséjour
gptkbp:military_campaign Acadian Campaign
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Siege_warfare
gptkbp:notable_event Beginning of the Acadian Expulsion
gptkbp:outcome Surrender of French forces
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:North_American_theater_of_the_Seven_Years'_War
gptkbp:participants gptkb:British_forces
gptkb:French_forces
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Siege_of_Fort_Beauséjour
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:significance Led to British control of Acadia
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of the Bay of Fundy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:French_and_Indian_War
gptkbp:tactics_used Artillery bombardment
gptkbp:year 1751
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Canso_(1745)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7