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Today, episode 11, the Siege of Lewisburg, the capture of Fort Frontenac, and the Treaty of Easton.

Last week we looked at General Abercrombie's failed attack on Fort Carolina.

At the same time Abercrombie was making his attempt, General Jeffrey Amherst was leading a separate army against Lewisburg.

The British had already captured most of Nova Scotia, also known as Acadia, back in 1755, when they expelled

thousands of French Canadian civilians from the region. I discussed this back in

episode 7. The French, French however retained control of Fort Lewisburg on Cape Breton Island,

although today the island is considered part of Nova Scotia, back then they considered it a separate entity.

And if you want to get a better look at the geography,

I have maps of all this, as well as pictures and sources

at this podcast's companion website am rev podcast dot blog spot

dot com that's am rev podcast dot blog spot dot com a. Now Fort Lewisburg controlled the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence,

the only water entry into the St. Lawrence River,

which was in turn the only effect of supply route for the French in the Great Lakes region.

Taking Louisburg would cut off Canada from France.

But the fort was an impressive one and would not fall easily. It had fallen before though. Just

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