France and England in North America . fork, consisting of Chignecto Bay on the one hand,and Mines Basin on the other. At the head ofChignecto Bay was the Acadian settlement of Chi-gnecto, or Beaubassin, in the houses of which Ramesayhad quartered his Canadians. Here the neck of theAcadian peninsula is at its narrowest, the distanceacross to Baye Verte, where Ramesay had built a fort,being little more than twelve miles. Thus he con-trolled tlie istlimus, — from which, liowever. Noblehoped to dislodge him in the spring. In the afternoon of the eighth of January anAcadian who had been sent to Min
France and England in North America . fork, consisting of Chignecto Bay on the one hand,and Mines Basin on the other. At the head ofChignecto Bay was the Acadian settlement of Chi-gnecto, or Beaubassin, in the houses of which Ramesayhad quartered his Canadians. Here the neck of theAcadian peninsula is at its narrowest, the distanceacross to Baye Verte, where Ramesay had built a fort,being little more than twelve miles. Thus he con-trolled tlie istlimus, — from which, liowever. Noblehoped to dislodge him in the spring. In the afternoon of the eighth of January anAcadian who had been sent to Mines by the mis-sionary Germain, came to Beaubassin with the newsthat two hundred and twenty English were at GrandPrd, and that more were expected.^ Ivamesay in-stantly formed a plan of extraordinary hardihood,and resolved, by a rapid march and a night attack,to surprise the new-comers. His party was greatly ^ IJoaiijuu, Journal <lc la Cainpai/ne </// /Jtlinlu mint de Canada hIAcadie, in Le Canada Frangais, ii. Documents, 1( SAINT-LUC DE LA CORXE. 1747.] A BOLD ENTERPRISE. 185 reduced by disease, and to recruit it he wrote to LaCorne, Rdcollet missionary at Miramicbi, to join himwith his Indians; writing at the same time to Mai)-lard, former colleague of Le Loutre at the mission ofShubenacadie, and to Girard, priest of Cobequid, tomuster Indians, collect provisions, and gather infor-mation concerning the English. Meanwhile hisCanadians busied themselves with making snow-shoesand dog-sledges for the march. Ramesay could not command the expedition inperson, as an accident to one of his knees had dis-abled him from marching. This was less to beregretted, in view of the quality of his officers, forhe had with him the flower of the warlike Canadiannoblesse, — Coulon de Villiers, who, seven years later,defeated Washington at Fort Necessity; Beaujeu,the future hero of the Monongahela, in appearance acarpet knight, in reality a bold and determinedwarrior; the Chevalier de la
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