Petitcodiac River campaign

Petitcodiac River campaign
Part of the French and Indian War

George Scott by John Singleton Copley (c.1758), The Brook
DateJune 1758 – November 1758
Location
Result British victory
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
Petitcodiac River, New Brunswick

The Petitcodiac River campaign was a series of British military operations from June to November 1758, during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War), to deport the Acadians that either lived along the Petitcodiac River or had taken refuge there from earlier deportation operations, such as the Ile Saint-Jean campaign. Under the command of George Scott, William Stark's company of Rogers Rangers, Benoni Danks and Gorham's Rangers carried out the operation.

According to one historian, the level of Acadian suffering greatly increased in the late summer of 1758. Along with campaigns in Cape Sable, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the St. John River, the British targeted the Petitcodiac River.[3]

  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. ^ Loescher (1969), p. 34.
  3. ^ Grenier (2008), pp. 198–200.