CONSULTANT EDITOR DAVID G. CHANDLER tad CAMPAIGN | 79 | USBOURG 75 WOLFE’S FIRST SIEGE RENE CHARTRANDCONTENTS ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN Louisburg: a military and economic stronghold ¢ Taken and handed back OPPOSING PLANS Ertish plans « French planse The faled British naval campaigns of 1758 and 1757 OPPOSING COMMANDERS ‘The Brtsh + The French OPPOSING ARMIES The Brtsh + The French THE LOUISBOURG CAMPAIGN OF 1758 Naval and military preparations « The superiority ofthe British Forces THE SIEGE DAY BY DAY ‘The British secure beachhead « Wolfe takes Lighthouse Point» The bombardments begin Wiotfe takes Green Hil « The French sorte» Artiley duels» Loss of three French ships, French walls breached and last sips ost + The capitulation AFTERMATH ‘Securing Atlantic Canada * Demolition and abandonment THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG TODAY CHRONOLOGY FURTHER READING INDEX 14 24 32 43 48 85 89 92 93 95