USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain’s successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years’ War. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Attacking with 13, 100 troops supported by a 14, 000 crew on board 150 ships, a British army captured the fortress in seven weeks. Determined that Louisbourg would never again become a fortified French base, the British demolished the fortress walls.

Detailed explanation-3: -The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George’s War in the British colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was the scene of two major military sieges in the Anglo-French wars for supremacy in North America. The fall of Louisbourg to the British in 1758 paved the way for the capture of Québec and the end of French rule in North America.

Detailed explanation-5: -Size of the armies at the Capture of Louisburg 1758: 11, 000 British regular troops and 200 American Rangers. The French garrison was around 6, 000. Winner of the Capture of Louisburg 1758: The British-American force.