Battle at Chignecto

Battle at Chignecto
Part of Father Le Loutre's War

Charles Lawrence
DateSeptember 3, 1750
Location
Chignecto, Nova Scotia
45°55′00″N 64°09′57″W / 45.916639°N 64.165806°W / 45.916639; -64.165806
Result British victory
Belligerents
Mi'kmaq militia
Acadian militia		 Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain
British America
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Louis Le Loutre
Louis de La Corne
Louis Le Neuf de la Valiere
Joseph Broussard (Beausoliel)
Chief Étienne Bâtard
Father Charles Germain[1]		 Charles Lawrence
John Gorham
Captain John Rous
Silvanus Cobb
Horatio Gates
Captain William Clapham
Colonel Peregrine Lascelles
John Salusbury
Hugh Warburton[2]
Joseph Gorham
Joshua Winslow
John Brewse (wounded)[3]
Captain William Rickson[4]
Francis Bartelo  †
Henry Grace  (POW)[5][6]
Strength
300 Mi'kmaq and Acadian militia 700 British regulars and New England Rangers
Casualties and losses
7-8 Mi'kmaq[7] 20 killed;[8] 3 killed, 12 missing [9]

The Battle at Chignecto happened during Father Le Loutre's War when Charles Lawrence, in command of the 45th Regiment of Foot (Hugh Warburton's regiment) and the 47th Regiment (Peregrine Lascelles' regiment), John Gorham in command of the Rangers and Captain John Rous in command of the navy, fought against the French monarchists at Chignecto.[10] This battle was the first attempt by the British to occupy the head of the Bay of Fundy since the disastrous Battle of Grand Pré three years earlier. They fought against a militia made up of Mi'kmaq and Acadians led by Jean-Louis Le Loutre and Joseph Broussard (Beausoliel). The battle happened at Isthmus of Chignecto, Nova Scotia on 3 September 1750.

  1. ^ Johnson, Micheline D. (1979). "Germain, Charles". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. ^ "A history of Nova-Scotia, or Acadie". 1865.
  3. ^ Sutherland, Maxwell (1979). "Brewse, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  4. ^ "Wolfe in Scotland in the '45 and from 1749 to 1753". 1928.
  5. ^ The history of the life and sufferings of Henry Grace, of Basingstoke in the county of Southampton. Being a narrative of the hardships he underwent during several years captivity among the savages in North America, ... Written by himself
  6. ^ DiAngelis, Heather Nicole (2011). "Determining Reliability in Indian Captivity Narratives". William & Mary.
  7. ^ Minutes of Board of Trade. 9 Nov. 1750
  8. ^ p. 10
  9. ^ Winslow's journal
  10. ^ Salsbury's journal re: Gates