Editing French and Indian War (section)

====1758====
The [[Forbes Expedition]] was a British campaign in September–October 1758, with 6,000 troops led by General [[John Forbes (British Army officer)|John Forbes]] sent to drive out the French from the contested Ohio Country. The French withdrew from Fort Duquesne and left the British in control of the Ohio River Valley.<ref>{{cite book |first=Fred |last=Anderson |title=Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754–1766 |year=2000 |location=New York |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |pages=[https://archive.org/details/crucibleofwarsev00ande_0/page/267 267–285] |isbn=0375406425 |url=https://archive.org/details/crucibleofwarsev00ande_0/page/267 }}</ref> The great French fortress at [[Fortress of Louisbourg|Louisbourg]] in Nova Scotia was captured after a siege.<ref>William, Wood, ''The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720–1760'' ([https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6026] Online from [[Project Gutenberg]])</ref>
[[File:La victoire des troupes de Montcalm à Carillon.JPG|right|thumb|A British expedition sent to invade [[Canada (New France)|Canada]] was repulsed by the French at the [[Battle of Carillon]] in July 1758.]]
The third invasion was stopped with the improbable French victory in the [[Battle of Carillon]], in which 3,600 Frenchmen defeated Abercrombie's force of 18,000 regulars, militia, and Indian allies outside the fort which the French called Carillon and the British called Ticonderoga. Abercrombie saved something from the disaster when he sent [[John Bradstreet]] on an expedition that successfully [[Battle of Fort Frontenac|destroyed Fort Frontenac]], including caches of supplies destined for New France's western forts and furs destined for Europe. Abercrombie was recalled and replaced by [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffery Amherst]], victor at Louisbourg.

The French had generally poor results in 1758 in most theaters of the war. The new foreign minister was the [[Étienne François, duc de Choiseul|duc de Choiseul]], and he decided to focus on an [[Planned French Invasion of Britain (1759)|invasion of Britain]] to draw British resources away from North America and the European mainland. The invasion failed both militarily and politically, as Pitt again planned significant campaigns against New France and sent funds to Britain's mainland ally of Prussia, while the French Navy failed in the 1759 naval battles at [[Battle of Lagos|Lagos]] and [[Battle of Quiberon Bay|Quiberon Bay]]. In one piece of good fortune, some French supply ships did manage to depart France and elude the British blockade of the French coast.