King George's War | |||||||
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Part of the War of Austrian Succession, American Indian Wars | |||||||
Engraving depicting the landing of New England troops near Fortress Louisbourg in 1745 |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Wabanaki Confederacy | Iroquois Confederacy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre Father Pierre Maillard Louis Du Pont Duchambon Pierre Morpain |
William Pepperrell Peter Warren |
King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia. Its most significant action was an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley that besieged and ultimately captured the French fortress of Louisbourg, on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, in 1745. In French, it is known as the Third Intercolonial War.