Clements Library at the University of Michigan for allowing me to reproduce two crucial maps from the British campaign of 1758. I am equally appreciative of the William L. Thanks go to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California, for allowing me to look at, and later to cite extracts from, Jeffery Amherst’s speech to the troops while they were ﬂoating off Louisbourg in June 1758. Several institutions provided access to information and/or illustrations, as will be noted in the illustration captions. Balcom, Charles Burke, René Chartrand, Elisabeth Demers, Kenneth Donovan, Bruce Fry, Heather Gillis, Mike Hunter, Eric Krause, Yvon LeBlanc, Earle Lockerby, Heather Lundine, William Newbigging, Bill O’Shea, Lewis Parker, John Rhodehamel, Judith-Marie Romard, Bernadette Samson, Miriam Walls, Barbara Wojhoski, and Joeth Zucco, as well as the anonymous referees for the book at the manuscript stage. Louisbourg, 1758Īcknowledgments I would like to thank the following individuals for their assistance in the preparation of this book: B. Prudent Ablaze, Bienfaisant Captured, July 26 British at Lighthouse Point, June 1758 11. | 294 appendix 4: British Land Forces at Louisbourg, 1758 | 295 appendix 3: French Land Forces at Louisbourg, 1758 | 291 appendix 2: British Ships at Louisbourg, 1758 | 292Īppendix 1: French Ships to Louisbourg, 1758 The Match Heightens, 1756–1757 chapter chapter chapter chapter Beginning of the End, Early 1758 | 148 5. United States-History-French and Indian War, 1755–1763-Naval operations. United States-History-French and Indian War, 1755–1763-Campaigns. cm.-(France overseas : studies in empire and decolonization) Includes bibliographical references and index. (Andrew John Bayly) Endgame 1758 : the promise, the glory, and the despair of Louisbourg’s last decade / A. Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data Johnston, A. © 2007 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America

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