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- catalog abstract ""Intended as a riposte to the Anglo-American capture of Louisbourg in 1745, the so-called d'Enville expedition set out from France the following year to secure Canada, recapture Acadia and Louisbourg, and ravage the New England coast as far south as Boston. Many of the sixty-four French vessels involved did not return and estimates of the dead reached as high as eight thousand. Yet the enemy was never met in battle. James Pritchard's account of this naval fiasco sheds new light on the extent of the tragedy and raises questions about the role and effectiveness of naval power during the intercolonial wars of the mid-eighteenth century." "Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8355933.
- catalog coverage "Canada History To 1763 (New France).".
- catalog coverage "France History Louis XV, 1715-1774.".
- catalog coverage "France History, Naval 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States History King George's War, 1744-1748 Naval operations, French.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""Intended as a riposte to the Anglo-American capture of Louisbourg in 1745, the so-called d'Enville expedition set out from France the following year to secure Canada, recapture Acadia and Louisbourg, and ravage the New England coast as far south as Boston. Many of the sixty-four French vessels involved did not return and estimates of the dead reached as high as eight thousand. Yet the enemy was never met in battle. James Pritchard's account of this naval fiasco sheds new light on the extent of the tragedy and raises questions about the role and effectiveness of naval power during the intercolonial wars of the mid-eighteenth century." "Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 322 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0773513256".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Canada History To 1763 (New France).".
- catalog spatial "France History Louis XV, 1715-1774.".
- catalog spatial "France History, Naval 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States History King George's War, 1744-1748 Naval operations, French.".
- catalog subject "944/.034 20".
- catalog subject "DC52 .P75 1995".
- catalog subject "La Rochefoucauld de Roye, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Frédéric de, duc d'Anville, 1709-1746.".
- catalog title "Anatomy of a naval disaster : the 1746 French naval expedition to North America / James Pritchard.".
- catalog type "text".