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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Capture of Cape Breton Island canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ