INDEX_The Taking of Louisburg, 1745

Acadia (Nova Scotia), Louisburg designed to protect, 29.

Acadians, refuse to emigrate, 34;

and refuse to become British subjects, 35;

why called Neutrals, 36;

desire to remove elsewhere, 36.

Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 127.

Annapolis, N. S., attempted capture of, 43;

attack on, frustrated, _note_ 100.

Auchmuty, Robert, proposes the taking of Louisburg, _note_ 58.

Boston, defenceless condition of, 11.

Bradstreet, Colonel John, at Louisburg, 70.

Brooks, Captain, killed at Louisburg, 113.

Canada, the key to, 12;

its political and economic weaknesses, 24 _et seq._;

compared with the English colonies, 25;

the fur monopoly, 26;

scheme for building up the colony, 28.

Canso, seized from Louisburg, 43, _note_ 45;

prisoners taken there prove useful, 49;

army rendezvous at, 69;

environs of, 76;

works thrown up at, 77.

Cape Breton Island, face of the country, 16;

mountains of, 17;

Gabarus Bay, 23;

first suggestions of its importance to Canada, 28;

natural products of, 29;

advantageous situation as a port of delivery and supply, 29;

left to Canada by stupid diplomacy, 30;

its chief harbors, 31;

the Bras d’Or, 31;

called Ile Royale, 32;

plan for getting colonists, 33, 34;

strategic points on the straits, 76;

ice blockade of, 77;

restored to France, 127.

Cape Breton Coast, approach to, 14;

blockaded by ice, 77.

Circular battery of Louisburg, its design, 93;

silenced, 116.

Coffin, Moses, of Newbury, Mass., anecdote of, 104.

Connecticut in Louisburg expedition, 57;

her forces join Pepperell, 78.

Dauphin Bastion, of Louisburg, 93;

destructive fire upon, 110.

De Costebello, at Louisburg, 33.

De Saxe, Marshal, defeats the English, 41.

Duchambon, commander of Louisburg, 84;

recalls a detachment, 95;

refuses to surrender, 96;

changes his mind, 117;

and opens a treaty, 118.

Dwight, Joseph, at Louisburg, 66 and _note_ 71.

English Harbor (Louisburg), 31.

Expeditionary Army, its composition, 66;

and equipment, 67, 68;

favoring conditions, 68;

sets sail for Louisburg, 69;

at Canso, 69;

council of war, 75;

sails for Louisburg, 80;

lands at Gabarus Bay, 84;

not backed up by the navy, 90;

transportation of artillery to the front, 94;

it tells on the men, 95;

the camp and camp life, 101 _et seq._

Flat Point Cove, our army camps at, 85.

Fontenoy, English defeated at, 41.

Franklin, Benjamin, has no faith in Louisburg expedition, 57.

Gabarus Bay, the back door to Louisburg, 23;

Pepperell lands at, 80, 81.

Gibson, James, volunteers for Louisburg, 63, _note_ 70.

Green Hill, Louisburg shelled from, 95.

Gridley, Richard, engineer at Louisburg, 66;

an apt scholar, 105, _note_ 125.

Hale, Robert, at Louisburg, _note_ 71.

Hodges, Joseph, at Louisburg, _note_ 72.

Hutchinson, Thomas, gives casting vote for attacking Louisburg,

55.

Island Battery, situation of, 15;

its value to the besieged, 93 and _note_ 100;

disastrous attack upon, 112, 113;

its fire silenced, 116;

in our hands, 119.

Ile Royale, see Cape Breton, 32.

Isle Madame, or Arichat, 76.

Lighthouse Point, 14;

is seized and fortified, 109.

Louisburg, the approach to, 14;

the harbor, 15;

old city, 15;

old fortifications perambulated, 17;

hills back of, 17;

natural defences of, 18;

demolition of the works, 19;

and present state of, 19;

Citadel, 20;

natural obstacles to surmount, 21;

bomb-proofs, 21;

impregnable from sea, 21;

graveyard and its inmates, 22;

Royal Battery, 23;

reasons why the fortress was erected, 24 _et seq._;

to be a great mart, 28;

to help Acadia, 29;

called English Harbor, 31;

chosen for a fortress, 32;

why called Louisburg, 32;

operations begun, 33;

prisoners shipped to, from France, 37;

strength and cost of the fortress, 38 and _note_ 45;

could be defended by women, 39;

its armament, 39;

garrison sallies out upon Nova Scotia, 44;

its fall the salvation of New England, 47;

schemes for its capture, 50;

its garrison mutinies, 51;

forces being raised against it, 56, 57;

early suggestions for its conquest, _note_ 58;

is blockaded, 73;

is invested, 89;

its defences as related to the siege, 93;

progress of siege operations, 95 _et seq._;

summoned to surrender, 96;

breaching batteries, 106;

progress of siege, 109;

a relieving vessel gets in, 110;

capture of the Vigilant, 110;

stratagem tried, 115;

its success, 115; a general bombardment, 116;

a suspension of arms, 118;

the surrender, 123;

the garrison, 123, 124;

importance to Great Britain as a political make-weight, 126

_et seq._;

restored to France, 127;

many-sided importance of the conquest to the colonies, 128,

129;

disgust in the colonies at its restoration, 129;

cost of the campaign, _note_ 131;

rejoicings, _note_ 131.

Meserve, Lieutenant-Colonel, his services at Louisburg, 94.

Micmacs of Cape Breton, 37.

Mira River, settlements on, 16.

Moody, Rev. Samuel, his pithy prayer, 124.

Moore, Samuel, at Louisburg, _note_ 72.

Moulton, Jeremiah, at Louisburg, _note_ 71;

destroys St. Peter’s, 96.

Newcastle, Duke of, anecdote of, 44.

New England alarmed by the creation of Louisburg, 39;

dreads the beginning of war, 42;

war is declared, 43;

menace to her commerce and fisheries, 46, 47;

aroused to take Louisburg, 54, 55;

extraordinary war measures in, 56, 57;

quality of expeditionary army, 62, 63;

enthusiasm in enlisting, 64;

reimbursed for her expenses, _note_ 131.

Newfoundland, French removed from, 33.

New Hampshire contingent, 69; _note_ 72.

New Jersey in Louisburg expedition, 57.

New York contributes to Louisburg expedition, 57.

Nixon, John, _note_ 125.

Nova Scotia (Acadia) turned over to England, 30;

invaded, 43;

relieved, 95.

Pennsylvania in Louisburg expedition, 57.

Pepperell, William, chosen to command, 60;

his qualifications, 61, 62;

impetus given by him to the project, 63, 64;

his regiment, _note_ 70;

hampered by instructions, 75;

finds Louisburg blocked up by ice, 77;

hails Warren’s arrival with joy, 78;

confident of driving the enemy from Cape Breton, 79;

finds Shirley’s plan impracticable, 83;

finds his task greater than he had supposed, 90;

his advances against the city properly made, 93;

is goaded into attacking the Island Battery, 112;

pushes forward preparations for a general assault, 116;

grants an armistice, 118;

his conduct contrasted with Warren’s, 119;

made a baronet, 130.

Pitts, Ebenezer, at Louisburg, _note_ 71.

Pomeroy, Major Seth, at Louisburg, 89;

his record, _note_ 100.

Quebec, as the bulwark of Canada, 11.

Raudots, father and son, their scheme for putting new life into

Canada, 26;

it proposes a great naval mart at Cape Breton, 28.

Rhode Island in Louisburg expedition, 56.

Richmond, Sylvester, at Louisburg, _note_ 71.

Royal Battery, situation and importance of, 23;

taken, 86;

attempt to retake it, 87;

its importance to Americans, 88.

Ryal, Captain, sent to England, 41.

St. Anne, described, 31.

Saint Ovide, at Louisburg, 35.

St. Peter’s, destruction of, determined on, 76;

is effected, 96.

Seacoast defences of Mexico, Cuba, etc., 9;

of the English colonies, 10, 11;

of Canada, 11.

Shirley, Gov. William, saves Annapolis, 43;

notifies ministry, 44;

writes Commodore Warren, 44;

grasps the situation, 48;

his personal traits, 48, 49;

determines to take Louisburg, 50;

applies to legislature, 52;

meets defeat, 53;

arouses public sentiment, 54;

carries his point, 55;

sets to work, 56;

hears from Warren, 69;

attempts to order plan of attack, 73, 74.

Straits of Canso, 31.

Tournay, invested, 41.

Tufts, William, his bravery, 113.

Tyng, Commodore Edward, commands colonial fleet, 67; _note_ 72.

Utrecht, how the Peace of, affects the colonies, 30.

Vaughan, William, who he was and what he did, 49, 50; _note_ 58;

volunteers for Louisburg, 63;

leads a scouting party, 85;

and takes Royal Battery, 86.

Vigilant, French war-ship, taken, 110.

Waldo, Samuel, at Louisburg, 67 and _note_ 71;

occupies Royal Battery, and fires first shot, 89.

War of the Austrian Succession, its policy outlined, 40;

produces war between England and France, 41;

hostilities begin at Nova Scotia, 44.

Warren, Commodore Peter, orders sent to, 44;

arrives at Canso and proceeds off Louisburg, 78;

takes the Vigilant, 110;

is re-enforced, 111;

his plan for taking the city, 111;

agrees to a general attack, 116;

he ignores Pepperell, 119;

made an admiral, 130.

Whitefield, Rev. George, 62;

writes a motto for the flag, 65.

Wolcott, Gen. Roger, 67 and _note_ 71.