Louisbourg, founding of, i. 187; purely the offspring of the Crown and the Church, i. 188; the “Dunquerque of America,” i. 188; its inhabitants, i. 188; Costebelle in command at, i. 194, 200; receives news of the War of the Austrian Succession, ii. 60; English project to capture, ii. 64; a standing menace to all northern British colonies, ii. 64; its construction, ii. 64; completing plans against, 65-89; besieged by the English, ii. 90-116; location of, ii. 94; not properly prepared for the attack, ii. 96; strength of its fortifications, ii. 117; surrenders to the English, ii. 133; French losses at, ii. 133; comparative work of the army and navy at, ii. 138, 139; English documents on the siege of, ii. 144; after the conquest, ii. 145; restored to the French by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, ii. 256; the siege described by French witnesses, ii. 274-312; Duchambon’s report on the siege of, ii. 287-312; ii. 312, 313, 317, 318, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 329, 333, 344, 352. Louis XIV., the War of the Spanish Succession springs from the ambition of, i. 4; places his grandson on the throne of Spain, i. 4; recognizes the son of James II. as King of England, i. 4; abhors republics, i. 159; old age of, i. 183; makes important concessions in America, i. 184; had deeply at heart the recovery of Acadia, i. 185; his mandate to Costebelle, i. 189; refuses to allow the Huguenots to settle in Louisiana, i. 304. Louis XV., ii. 179; demands the restoration of Louisbourg by the English, ii. 256. Louis XVI., of France, i. 91.