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- ↑ Dunn, Brenda (2004). A History of Port-Royal-Annapolis Royal, 1605-1800. Nimbus. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-55109-740-4.
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- ↑ Blue Pete
- ↑ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1979) [1966]. "Bergier, Clerbaud". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ↑ Dunn, Brenda (2004). A History of Port-Royal-Annapolis Royal, 1605-1800. Nimbus. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-55109-740-4.
- ↑ Emiley Griffith, p. 153
- ↑ Daigle, Jean (1994). "1650–1686: 'Un Pays Qui n'Est Pas Fait'". In Phillip Buckner; John G. Reid (eds.). The Atlantic Region to Confederation: A History. University of Toronto Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4875-1676-5. JSTOR 10.3138/j.ctt15jjfrm.10.
- 1 2 Geoffery Plank. An Unsettled Conquest. University of Pennsylvania. 2001. p. 76-77.
- ↑ CO 217, vol. 2, part 2.
- ↑ According to amateur historian Haynes, Southack laid siege for three days to Fort St. Louis at Chedabucto, which was defended primarily by Acadians (Haynes, p. 121, 125). There were approximately 300 Acadians in the area (Haynes, p.122). On board HMS Squirrel, Southack killed numerous of the Acadians and imprisoned others. On September 18, British marines landed on Lasconde's Grave and seized the entrance to Chedabuctou Harbour. The following day HMS Squirrel landed troops at Salmon River who then proceeded to the rear of the village. HMS Squirrel made its first attempt to enter the harbour but was beaten back by the Acadian cannon fire from the Fort. Later in the day the village was captured by the land troops. On September 20 HMS Squirrel made a second attempt to enter the harbour. It successfully fired upon the fort. On September 23 Southack burned the village and loaded the goods on to the captured French transports. After pillaging and burning the villages, on September 24, Southack released the Acadian prisoners onto the Canso Islands without any provisions or clothing (Campbell, p. 132).
Texts
- Mark Haynes. The Forgotten Battle: A History of the Acadians of Canso/Chedabuctou
- Acadia at the end of the 17th Century, p.205