Siege of Annapolis Royal (1745)
| Siege of Annapolis Royal (1745) | |||||||
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| Part of King George's War | |||||||
Nova Scotia Lt. Gov. Paul Mascarene, commander of the 40th Regiment, portrait by John Smibert, 1729 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Great Britain |
France Mi'kmaq Indians Maliseet Indians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Paul Mascarene Edward Tyng |
Paul Marin de la Malgue Antoine Le Poupet de La Boularderie | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 250? | 500 French soldiers and natives | ||||||
The siege of Annapolis Royal in 1745 involved the third of four attempts by the French, along with their Acadian and native allies, to regain the capital of Nova Scotia/Acadia, Annapolis Royal, during King George's War. During the siege William Pote was taken prisoner and wrote one of the rare captivity narratives that exist from Nova Scotia and Acadia.