INDEX
A Acadia (Nova Scotia), Louisburg designed to protect, [29]. Acadians, refuse to emigrate, [34]; and refuse to become British subjects, [35]; why called Neutrals, [36]; desire to remove elsewhere, [36]. Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, [127]. Annapolis, N. S., attempted capture of, [43]; attack on, frustrated, note [100]. Auchmuty, Robert, proposes the taking of Louisburg, note [58].
B Boston, defenceless condition of, [11]. Bradstreet, Colonel John, at Louisburg, [70]. Brooks, Captain, killed at Louisburg, [113].
C Canada, the key to, [12]; its political and economic weaknesses, [24] et seq.; compared with the English colonies, [25]; the fur monopoly, [26]; scheme for building up the colony, [28]. Canso, seized from Louisburg, [43], note [45]; prisoners taken there prove useful, [49]; army rendezvous at, [69]; environs of, [76]; works thrown up at, [77]. Cape Breton Island, face of the country, [16]; mountains of, [17]; Gabarus Bay, [23]; first suggestions of its importance to Canada, [28]; natural products of, [29]; advantageous situation as a port of delivery and supply, [29]; left to Canada by stupid diplomacy, [30]; its chief harbors, [31]; the Bras d’Or, [31]; called Ile Royale, [32]; plan for getting colonists, [33], [34]; strategic points on the straits, [76]; ice blockade of, [77]; restored to France, [127]. Cape Breton Coast, approach to, [14]; blockaded by ice, [77]. Circular battery of Louisburg, its design, [93]; silenced, [116]. Coffin, Moses, of Newbury, Mass., anecdote of, [104]. Connecticut in Louisburg expedition, [57]; her forces join Pepperell, [78].
D Dauphin Bastion, of Louisburg, [93]; destructive fire upon, [110]. De Costebello, at Louisburg, [33]. De Saxe, Marshal, defeats the English, [41]. Duchambon, commander of Louisburg, [84]; recalls a detachment, [95]; refuses to surrender, [96]; changes his mind, [117]; and opens a treaty, [118]. Dwight, Joseph, at Louisburg, [66] and note [71].
E English Harbor (Louisburg), [31]. Expeditionary Army, its composition, [66]; and equipment, [67], [68]; favoring conditions, [68]; sets sail for Louisburg, [69]; at Canso, [69]; council of war, [75]; sails for Louisburg, [80]; lands at Gabarus Bay, [84]; not backed up by the navy, [90]; transportation of artillery to the front, [94]; it tells on the men, [95]; the camp and camp life, [101] et seq.
F Flat Point Cove, our army camps at, [85]. Fontenoy, English defeated at, [41]. Franklin, Benjamin, has no faith in Louisburg expedition, [57].
G Gabarus Bay, the back door to Louisburg, [23]; Pepperell lands at, [80], [81]. Gibson, James, volunteers for Louisburg, [63], note [70]. Green Hill, Louisburg shelled from, [95]. Gridley, Richard, engineer at Louisburg, [66]; an apt scholar, [105], note [125].
H Hale, Robert, at Louisburg, note [71]. Hodges, Joseph, at Louisburg, note [72]. Hutchinson, Thomas, gives casting vote for attacking Louisburg, [55].
I Island Battery, situation of, [15]; its value to the besieged, [93] and note [100]; disastrous attack upon, [112], [113]; its fire silenced, [116]; in our hands, [119]. Ile Royale, see Cape Breton, [32]. Isle Madame, or Arichat, [76].