Ile Saint-Jean campaign
The Ile Saint-Jean campaign was a series of military operations in fall 1758, during the Seven Years' War, to deport the Acadians who either lived on Ile Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island) or had taken refuge there from earlier deportation operations.
| Ile Saint-Jean campaign | |||||||
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| Part of French and Indian War | |||||||
Isle Saint-Jean before the deportation | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo |
Gabriel Rousseau de Villejouin Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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40th Regiment of Foot Roger's Rangers |
Acadia militia Wabanaki Confederacy (Maliseet militia and Mi'kmaq militia) | ||||||
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Rollo led a force of 500 British troops (including James Rogers leading his company of Rogers Rangers) to take possession of Ile Saint-Jean.
The percentage of deported Acadians who died during this expulsion made it the deadliest of all the deportations during the Expulsion (1755–1762). The total number of Acadians deported during this campaign was second only to that of the Bay of Fundy campaign (1755).
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