Editing Acadia (section)

====King George's War====
[[File:Samuel Scott - Action Between Nottingham And Mars 1746.jpg|thumb|[[Duc d'Anville Expedition]]: ''Action between {{HMS|Nottingham|1703|6}} and the Mars'']]
[[King George's War]] began when the war declarations from Europe reached the French [[Fortress Louisbourg|fortress at Louisbourg]] first, on May 3, 1744, and the forces there wasted little time in beginning hostilities. Concerned about their overland supply lines to [[Quebec City|Quebec]], they first [[Raid on Canso|raided the British fishing port of Canso]] on May 23, and then organized an attack on [[Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia|Annapolis Royal]], then the capital of [[Nova Scotia]]. However, French forces were delayed in departing Louisbourg, and their [[Miꞌkmaq people|Miꞌkmaq]] and [[Wolastoqiyik|Wolastoqey]] allies decided to [[Siege of Fort Anne|attack on their own]] in early July. Annapolis had received news of the war declaration, and was somewhat prepared when the Indians began besieging [[Fort Anne]]. Lacking heavy weapons, the Indians withdrew after a few days. Then, in mid-August, a larger French force arrived before Fort Anne, but was also unable to mount an effective attack or siege against the garrison, which had received supplies and reinforcements from [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]]. In 1745, British colonial forces conducted the [[siege of Port Toulouse]] (St. Peter's) and then [[Siege of Louisbourg (1745)|captured Fortress Louisbourg]] after a siege of six weeks. France launched [[Duc d'Anville Expedition|a major expedition]] to recover Acadia in 1746. Beset by storms, disease, and finally the death of its commander, the [[Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye|Duc d'Anville]], it returned to France in tatters without reaching its objective. French officer [[Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay]] also arrived from Quebec and conducted the [[Battle at Port-la-Joye]] on Île Saint-Jean and the [[Battle of Grand Pré]].