Battle of Grand Pré
| Battle of Grand-Pré | |||||||
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| Part of King George's War | |||||||
 Battle of Grand Pré by Charles William Jefferys |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 FranceMi'kmaq militia Acadia militia |
 Great Britain
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers (French commander) Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne Pierre Maillard |
Arthur Noble † Jedidiah Preble Charles Morris Benjamin Goldthwait Edward How (POW) Erasmus James Philipps |
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Acadian militia Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia and Maliseet militia) Troupes de la marine |
40th Regiment Gorham's Rangers |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 250-300 | 500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 53 killed | 67 killed, 40 prisoner, 40 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Grand Pré, also known as the Battle of Minas and the Grand Pré Massacre, was a battle in King George's War that took place between New England forces and Canadian, Mi'kmaq and Acadian forces at present-day Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia in the winter of 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The New England forces were contained to Annapolis Royal and wanted to secure the head of the Bay of Fundy. Led by Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers and Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne under orders from Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay, the French forces surprised and defeated a force of British troops, Massachusetts militia and rangers that were quartered in the village.
Grand Pré had been the staging ground for the French and Mi'kmaq sieges of Annapolis Royal in 1744 and 1745. As a result, New England Ranger John Gorham demanded to take control of Grand Pré after the first siege in 1744 and again after the second.
The French made another attempt at the capital in 1746 under the command of De Ramezay, who had to withdraw from the capital as a result of the failed Duc d’Anville Expedition. De Ramezay retired to Beaubassin. (During this time period, Ramezay sent troops to British-occupied Port-La-Joye on present-day Prince Edward Island. In a fierce battle, Ramezay's men killed 34 British troops and imprisoned the rest.
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