Siege of Louisbourg (1745)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
gptkbp:casualties French: ~200 killed or wounded
British/New England: ~100 killed or wounded
gptkbp:category Battles involving France
Battles involving Great Britain
History of Nova Scotia
Battles involving the Thirteen Colonies
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:New_England_Colonies
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:Kingdom_of_France
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Louis_Le_Prévost_Duquesnel
gptkb:William_Pepperrell
gptkbp:endDate 1745-06-28
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Return_of_Louisbourg_to_France_in_1748_(Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle)
gptkbp:fortification gptkb:Fortress_of_Louisbourg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
gptkbp:location Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (present-day Canada)
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Peter_Warren
gptkb:Sir_William_Pepperrell
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Naval_blockade_of_Louisbourg
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)
gptkbp:result New England victory
gptkbp:significance First major British colonial victory in North America
gptkbp:startDate 1745-05-11
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:surrenderedTo 1745-06-28
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fortress_of_Louisbourg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5