C
Canada, the key to, 12;
its political and economic weaknesses, 24 _et seq._;
compared with the English colonies, 25;
the fur monopoly, 26;
scheme for building up the colony, 28.
Canso, seized from Louisburg, 43, _note_ 45;
prisoners taken there prove useful, 49;
army rendezvous at, 69;
environs of, 76;
works thrown up at, 77.
Cape Breton Island, face of the country, 16;
mountains of, 17;
Gabarus Bay, 23;
first suggestions of its importance to Canada, 28;
natural products of, 29;
advantageous situation as a port of delivery and supply, 29;
left to Canada by stupid diplomacy, 30;
its chief harbors, 31;
the Bras d’Or, 31;
called Ile Royale, 32;
plan for getting colonists, 33, 34;
strategic points on the straits, 76;
ice blockade of, 77;
restored to France, 127.
Cape Breton Coast, approach to, 14;
blockaded by ice, 77.
Circular battery of Louisburg, its design, 93;
silenced, 116.
Coffin, Moses, of Newbury, Mass., anecdote of, 104.
Connecticut in Louisburg expedition, 57;
her forces join Pepperell, 78.
D
Dauphin Bastion, of Louisburg, 93;
destructive fire upon, 110.
De Costebello, at Louisburg, 33.
De Saxe, Marshal, defeats the English, 41.
Duchambon, commander of Louisburg, 84;
recalls a detachment, 95;
refuses to surrender, 96;
changes his mind, 117;
and opens a treaty, 118.
Dwight, Joseph, at Louisburg, 66 and _note_ 71.
E
English Harbor (Louisburg), 31.
Expeditionary Army, its composition, 66;
and equipment, 67, 68;
favoring conditions, 68;
sets sail for Louisburg, 69;
at Canso, 69;
council of war, 75;
sails for Louisburg, 80;
lands at Gabarus Bay, 84;
not backed up by the navy, 90;
transportation of artillery to the front, 94;
it tells on the men, 95;
the camp and camp life, 101 _et seq._
F
Flat Point Cove, our army camps at, 85.
Fontenoy, English defeated at, 41.
Franklin, Benjamin, has no faith in Louisburg expedition, 57.
G
Gabarus Bay, the back door to Louisburg, 23;
Pepperell lands at, 80, 81.
Gibson, James, volunteers for Louisburg, 63, _note_ 70.
Green Hill, Louisburg shelled from, 95.
Gridley, Richard, engineer at Louisburg, 66;
an apt scholar, 105, _note_ 125.
H
Hale, Robert, at Louisburg, _note_ 71.
Hodges, Joseph, at Louisburg, _note_ 72.
Hutchinson, Thomas, gives casting vote for attacking Louisburg,
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