THE TAKING OF LOUISBURG 1745

CONTENTS

I COLONIAL SEACOAST DEFENCES

II LOUISBURG REVISITED

III LOUISBURG TO SOLVE IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND MILITARY PROBLEMS

IV RÉSUMÉ OF EVENTS TO THE DECLARATION OF WAR

V “LOUISBURG MUST BE TAKEN”

VI THE ARMY AND ITS GENERAL

VII THE ARMY AT CANSO

VIII THE SIEGE

IX THE SIEGE CONTINUED

X AFTERTHOUGHTS

INDEX

Transcriber’s Notes