Battle at Port-la-Joye
Battle at Port-la-Joye | |
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Part of Port la Joye, near Northeast River, Ile Saint Jean (present day Hillsborough River, Prince Edward Island ) | |
Result | French, Mi'kmaq victory |
Great Britain
Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers (French commander)
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot
Joseph-Michel Legardeur de Croisille et de Montesson[1]
Gorham's Rangers
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The Battle at Port-la-Joye (also known as the Port-la-Joye Massacre
Background
After he first fall of louisbourg, British commander William Pepperrell sent an expedition against Ile Saint Jean in July 1755. This force divided, one part going to Three Rivers (present-day Georgetown/Brudenell), the other to Port-La-Joye. At Three Rivers, Acadian Jean Pierre Roma and others did not give any resistance because they only had one six pound cannon to mount a defence.[5] Roma, along with his son and daughter escaped into the woods where they witnessed the New Englanders burn the village. The family then escaped to Saint Peters (PEI) and then went on to Quebec, remaining there until the end of the war.[6]
At the same time, in July 1745, the other English detachment landed at Port-la-Joye. Under the command of
The following year, in an effort to recapture Acadia, an expedition under the command of de Ramezay was sent from Quebec to work with the
Battle
Captain
Ramezay initially sent
While the 29th regiment waited for the Acadians to release half of their cattle for the British at Louisbourg, the regiment was unarmed in the field on the banks of the Northeast River (Hillsborough River), close to Port-la-Joye, making hay. Their arms remained in a tent. On July 11, de Montesson caught the New England troops by surprise. The Acadian and Mi'kmaq force "massacred" 34 of the British troops (27 soldiers and 7 sailors). The British killed two Mi'kmaq and knocked out two others with a
On July 23, 1746, de Montesson returned to de Ramezay at Chignecto with two of the Acadian prisoners the New Englanders had taken previously, numerous English prisoners and the Acadian pilot.[15]
Aftermath
Months later Ramzey was unsuccessful in his attack on
Montesson took the prisoners first to Baie-Verte and then Ramezay sent them under heavy guard to the prison camp at Québec, along with a commendation for Montesson for having distinguished himself in his first independent command.[1][16][17]
The battle led to an order that all officers in the 29th Regiment must always be armed, thus earning their first nickname as the Ever Sworded due to the swords the officers are required to wear even when off-duty a tradition still in effect today as the orderly officer is still armed even at the officers mess.[18]
See also
References
- ^ a b c MacLeod, Malcolm (1979). "Legardeur de Croisille et de Montesson, Joseph-Michel". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Brodhead, John Romeyn (1858). Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol. 10. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 57.
- ^ "Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Ever-sworded (The)". bartleby.com.
- ^ a b Leblanc, Phyllis E. (1979). "Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot, Charles". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ a b Harvey, p. 110
- ^ a b c Harvey, p. 111
- ^ Harvey, p. 112
- ISBN 978-1-55109-740-4.
- ^ a b "History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment Subsequently Designated the 29th ..." Littlebury & co. January 29, 1891 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Charles Morris. 'A Brief Survey of Nova Scotia'. The Royal Artillery Regimental Library, Woolwich, UK.p. 58.
- ^ Lockerby, p. 7
- ^ Harvey. The French régime in Prince Edward Island, p. 119 See book
- ^ John Clarence Webster's, "Memorial on Behalf of Sieur de Boishebert" (Saint John: Historical Studies No. 4, Publications of the New Brunswick Museum, 1942) at p. 11.
- ^ Brodhead, John Romeyn (1858). Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol. 10. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 56.
- ^ Harvey, p. 119
- ^ William Pote saw the prisoners while he was being transported to Quebec (See Pote, William (1896). The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr., during his Captivity in the French and Indian War from May, 1745, to August, 1747. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 92.
- ^ Brodhead, John Romeyn (1858). Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol. 10. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 114.
- ISBN 978-0-85591-000-6.
Sources
- Harvey, Daniel C. The French régime in Prince Edward Island, Yale University Press. 1926.
- Lockerby, Earle. "Threats and indulgences: Ile-Saint-Jean in 1745-1747." Island Magazine 54 (2003): 2-10.
- Major H. Everard, History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment, subsequently designated the 29th (Worcestershire) Foot, 1694 to 1891. Worcester, 1891. pp.46-47
- Brodhead, John Romeyn (1858). Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol. 10. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 57.
External links
- Roma at Trois Rivier
- Jean-Pierre Roma at Three Rivers, P. E. I. National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- Jean-Pierre Roma at Three Rivers, P. E. I. National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.
- Crowley, T. A.; Pothier, Bernard (1979). "Du Pont Duvivier, Joseph". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Pariseau, Jean (1979). "Ramezay, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.