Louisburg 1758

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties British: ~172 killed, 355 wounded
French: ~400 killed or wounded, 5,600 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:France
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jeffery_Amherst
gptkb:James_Wolfe
gptkb:Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm
Augustin de Drucour
gptkbp:endDate 1758-07-26
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Quebec_(1759)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Louisburg 1758
gptkbp:location Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
gptkbp:notableEvent Surrender of the French garrison
Destruction of the French fleet in Louisbourg harbour
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:significance Opened the way for the British capture of Quebec in 1759
gptkbp:startDate 1758-06-08
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Nottingham
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7