Battle of Fort Beauséjour

Battle of Fort Beauséjour
	Part of the French and Indian War
	; Robert Monckton by Benjamin West
Date	June 3–16, 1755
Location	Near present-day Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada45°51′56″N 64°17′27″W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
France; Mi'kmaq militia; Acadian militia	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor	Robert Monckton; George Scott; Naval Captain John Rous; John Winslow; Jedidiah Preble; Benjamin Goldthwait; Winckworth Tonge
Strength
162 troupes de la Marine; 300 Acadian militia	270 British army troops; 2,000 New England militia
Casualties and losses
8 killed, 6 wounded	4 killed, 16 wounded

The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia theatre of the Seven Years' War, which would eventually lead to the end of the French colonial empire in North America. .

Beginning June 3, 1755, a British army under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton staged out of nearby Fort Lawrence, besieged the small French garrison at Fort Beauséjour with the goal of opening the Isthmus of Chignecto to British control. Control of the isthmus was pivotal to the French because it was the only gateway between Quebec and Louisbourg during the winter months. After two weeks of siege, Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, the fort's commander, capitulated on June 16.

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