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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 18
by Raymond F Baker ContentsAbstract Preface Background Preliminaries The Landing of 11 MayThe Abandonment of the Royal Battery The Provincial Army Encamps Duchambon Prepares for Defence The Provincials Occupy the Royal Battery The Landing of the Provisions and Artillery The Erection of the Green Hill Battery, 15 May The Summons to Surrender on 18 May French Sortie of 19 May and the Proposed Provincial Assault on Louisbourg of 20 May The Siege The Provincial Batteries, their Effects, and FrenchCountermeasuresRoyal Battery Coehorn Battery The Advance Batteries Titcomb's Battery Other Measures Taken by the French French Morale and the Capture of the Vigilant (30 May) The Attacks on the Island Battery (18 May—6 June) Friction Grows Between the Provincial Commanders The Erection of the Lighthouse Battery (12-21 June) The Proposed Assault of 26 June and the Surrender of Louisbourg Conclusions Appendix A. Chronology of the siege of Louisbourg, 1745. Appendix B. William Shirley to the Lords of the Admiralty: Scheme for Attacking Louisbourg. Appendix C. "Instructions given by William Shirley, Governour of Massachusetts, to William Pepperell, Lieutenant General of the forces raised in New-England, for an expedition against the French settlements on the island of Cape Breton." Appendix D. Terms for the surrender of Louisbourg, June 27, 1745. Endnotes Bibliography
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