Saturday July 8 -
Battle of Carillon: General
James Abercrombie, with 15,390 men, attacks 3,600 French and Canadian troops entrenched and barricaded at
Fort Ticonderoga. The British and American colonial forces are repulsed and lose 2,000 killed and wounded.
Monday October 2 - The Nova Scotia Provincial Parliament, Canada's oldest Legislative Assembly, first met on 2 October 1758 with 22 members.[3] For the first hundred years, this Assembly was known as the Provincial Parliament, and an elected member was called "MPP" Member of the Provincial Parliament. Since 1867, the name "Parliament" has been reserved for the federal assembly at Ottawa, and the Nova Scotia Assembly has been known as the "Legislature", with an elected member called "MLA" Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Thursday:) October 12 - Charles Lawrence, Military Governor of Nova Scotia, issued a Proclamation that is published in the Boston Gazette, informing the people of New England that since the enemy which had formerly disturbed and harassed the province was no longer able to do so, the time had come to people and cultivate, not only the lands made vacant by the removal of the Acadians, but other parts of "this valuable province" as well. The Proclamation concluded with the words "I shall be ready to receive any proposals that may be hereafter made to me for effectually settling the vacated, or any other lands within the said province."
Saturday November 25 - The French garrison of Fort Duquesne (500) set it on fire and abandoned it to General John Forbes. He renames it "Pittsburg," in honor of the
Prime Minister of Great Britain,
William Pitt the Elder.
English begin capturing French fortifications,
New France and Ohio Valley, the war started going their way decisively this year.
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Historical documents
Outnumbered 7 to 1,
Rogers' Rangers fight seesaw battle in 4 feet of snow near
Lake George before retreating (Note: "savages" used)[4]
Penalties in Nova Scotia for
blasphemy (
pillory or jail), drunkenness (fine), counterfeiting (pillory with ears nailed, plus whipping) and other crimes[22]
^"Mons. Boishibere's Arrival" (July 10, 1758), An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pg. 37. Accessed 3 February 2022 (See
conjecture that Boishébert was seen near Halifax in May)
^"About low Water this Day" (July 26, 1758), An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pgs. 49-50. Accessed 7 February 2022 (See also Wolfe's
reputation with French for unexpectedly popping up in force)
^John Entick,
"Nor was this their whole loss"The General History of the Late War[...]; Vol. III (1763), pgs. 249-50. Accessed 8 February 2022
^John Knox,
"Brigadier Wolfe" (November 15, 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 213. Accessed 12 February 2022
^John Knox,
"when Brigadier Monckton and the forces were landing" (November 24, 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 214-15. Accessed 12 February 2022
^Letter of Lt. Col. Bradstreet to Maj. Gen. Abercrombie (August 31, 1758), An Authentic Register of the British Successes[....];The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 32-3. Accessed 7 February 2022 (See
participant's account of expedition, and its preparation and execution, including why most Six Nations fighters at
conference with Bradstreet refused to participate)
^John Knox,
"On the morning preceding this adventure" (April 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 121. Accessed 11 February 2022
^John Knox,
"5th; 8th; 15th (November 1758)"An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 212. Accessed 11 February 2022
^John Knox,
"14th (June 1758)"An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 140. Accessed 11 February 2022
^John Knox,
"22d (April 1758)"An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 124-5. Accessed 11 February 2022