Battle at Port-la-Joye
| Battle at Port-la-Joye | |||||||
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| Part of King George's War | |||||||
c. 1742 illustration of a private of the 29th Foot | |||||||
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France New France Mi'kmaq militia |
British America Great Britain | ||||||
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Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay (overall French commander) Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers (French commander) Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot Joseph-Michel Legardeur de Croisille et de Montesson | Captain John Rous, Captain Hugh Scott | ||||||
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Acadian militia Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia) Troupes de la marine |
29th Regiment Gorham's Rangers | ||||||
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| 300 French regulars and militia; 200 Mi'kmaq |
200 regulars Unknown number of sailors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 killed 2 wounded |
34 killed 7 captured | ||||||
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The Battle at Port-la-Joye (also known as the Port-la-Joye Massacre) was a battle in King George's War that took place between the British Army and a combined force of French troops and Mi'kmaq militia on the banks of present-day Hillsborough River, Prince Edward Island in the summer of 1746. French officer Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay sent French and Mi'kmaq forces to Port-la-Joye where they surprised and defeated a force of 200 soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot that were gathering provisions for recently captured fortress of Louisbourg.