The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . A Medal commemorating the Capture of Louisburg and Cape Breton. The picture shows a rare brass medal, bearing a head of Admiral Boscawen onone side, and on the other a quaint view of Louisburg harbor and fort. materially to turn the tide of war. The French had never grownany amount of food stuffs in New France and Louisiana. Fromthe beginning of the war they had depended upon the mothercountry for their supplies, and these were passed onward fromone to another of the chain of forts. During the spring and summer of 1758, it h
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . A Medal commemorating the Capture of Louisburg and Cape Breton. The picture shows a rare brass medal, bearing a head of Admiral Boscawen onone side, and on the other a quaint view of Louisburg harbor and fort. materially to turn the tide of war. The French had never grownany amount of food stuffs in New France and Louisiana. Fromthe beginning of the war they had depended upon the mothercountry for their supplies, and these were passed onward fromone to another of the chain of forts. During the spring and summer of 1758, it happened that a verylarge quantity of supplies had accumulated at Fort Frontenac,waiting to be transferred to the forts beyond, mainly to FortDuquesne. In August Colonel John Bradstreet, a militia officer,urged upon the council of war the necessity of destroying these 1 Some six thousand Acadians were forcibly removed from their homes anddistributed among the English colonies because of their strong loyalty to France. STRUGGLE FOR POSSESSION OF THE CONTINENT 119 sup
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