Battle of the Restigouche

Battle of Restigouche
Part of the French and Indian War
A 1791 drawing of the frigate Le Machault, scuttled by her crew in the Restigouche River
Date June 28 - July 8, 1760 Location Restigouche River, present-day Quebec and New Brunswick Result Decisive British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	France Mi'kmaq militia Acadian militia
Commanders and leaders
John Byron	Francois Chenard de La Giraudais Jean-François Bourdon de Dombourg Francois-Gabriel D'Angeac Joseph Broussard
Strength
3 ships of the line 2 frigates	1 frigate 5 merchant vessels 400 sailors and marines Mi'kmaq warriors Acadien militia
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1924

1 frigate
5 merchant vessels
400 sailors and marines
Mi'kmaq warriors
Acadien militia

The Battle of Restigouche was a naval battle fought during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War) on the Restigouche River between the British Royal Navy and the small flotilla of vessels of the French Navy, Acadian militia and Mi'kmaq militias. The French vessels had been sent to relieve New France after the fall of Quebec. Supplies were extraordinarily important because France ran their colonies such that the colonies were wholly dependent on products and manufacturing of the motherland. The loss of the Battle of Restigouche and the consequent inability to supply the troops, marked the end of any serious attempt by France to keep hold of their colonies in North America, and it severely curtailed any hopes for a lengthy resistance to the British by the French forces that remained. The battle was the last major engagement of the Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias before the Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony between the Mi'kmaq and the British.

Quebec had fallen to the British in September 1759, but French forces still remained in New France in large numbers. Several appeals to the French government for reinforcements met with indifference or neglect, partly because the French navy had been smashed at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759. On April 10, 1760, the frigate Le Machault under Lieutenant Francois La Giraudais sailed from Bordeaux with 5 merchant ships carrying 2,000 casks of provisions and 400 troops. Francois-Gabriel D'Angeac commanded reinforcement troops because of his familiarity with the area.

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