Capture of Cape Breton Island

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The Capture of Cape Breton Island was a British military operation during the War of the Austrian Succession in which British forces seized the French stronghold of Louisbourg, significantly impacting control of North American Atlantic trade routes.

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instanceOf military operation
alsoKnownAs New England expedition against Louisbourg
belligerent France
Great Britain
carriedOutBy New England colonial militia
combatant British colonial forces from New England
Royal Navy
commandedBy Peter Warren
William Pepperrell
conflict War of the Austrian Succession
consequence Louisbourg returned to France in 1748
defendedBy Louis Du Pont Duchambon
endDate 1745-06-17
followedBy British negotiations at the Congress of Breda
fortificationCaptured Fortress of Louisbourg
hasPart Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
impact boosted colonial New England prestige
disrupted French Atlantic trade routes
shifted naval balance in the northwest Atlantic in favor of Britain
location Cape Breton Island
Louisbourg
New France
Île Royale
objective capture of the Fortress of Louisbourg
seizure of Cape Breton Island from France
opponent French Navy
French colonial forces
outcome British occupation of Louisbourg
temporary British control of Cape Breton Island
participant Colony of Connecticut
linked to: Connecticut Colony

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Province of New Hampshire
partOf War of the Austrian Succession
precededBy French privateering against New England shipping
relatedEvent Seven Years' War
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
result British victory
startDate 1745-04-30
strategicImportance control of North American Atlantic trade routes
control of access to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
threat to French Canada
supportedBy Royal Navy squadron
theatre North American theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession
treaty Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
year 1745

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Albemarle, 2nd Earl of Albemarle notableWork Capture of Cape Breton Island