Editing War of the Austrian Succession (section)

==North America==
{{Main|War of Jenkins' Ear|King George's War.}}
{{Campaignbox War Of Austrian Succession: King George's War}}
The war was also conducted in North America and India. In North America the conflict was known in the [[British America|British colonies]] as [[King George's War]], and did not begin until after formal war declarations of France and Britain reached the colonies in May 1744. The frontiers between [[New France]] and the British colonies of [[New England]], [[Province of New York|New York]], and [[Nova Scotia]] were the site of frequent small scale raids, primarily by French colonial troops and their Indian allies against British targets, although several attempts were made by British colonists to organise expeditions against New France. The most significant incident was [[Siege of Louisbourg (1745)|the capture]] of the French [[Fortress of Louisbourg]] on [[Cape Breton Island]] (Île Royale) by an expedition (29 April{{snd}}16 June 1745) of colonial militia organised by [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]] Governor [[William Shirley]], commanded by [[William Pepperrell]] of [[Maine]] (then part of Massachusetts), and assisted by a Royal Navy fleet. [[Duc d'Anville expedition|A French expedition]] to recover Louisbourg in 1746 failed due to bad weather, disease, and the death of its commander. Louisbourg was returned to France in exchange for [[Madras]], generating much anger among the British colonists, who felt they had eliminated a nest of privateers with its capture.