Editing James Wolfe (section)

===Louisbourg===
{{Further|Siege of Louisbourg (1758)}}

[[File:General Wolfe at the siege of Louisbourg, 1758.svg|thumb|upright=1.4|Brigadier General James Wolfe at the [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)|Siege of Louisbourg]] in 1758.]]

On 23 January 1758, James Wolfe was appointed as a [[brigadier general]], and sent with Major General [[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffrey Amherst]] in the fleet of [[Admiral Boscawen]] to lay siege to the [[Fortress of Louisbourg]] in [[New France]] (located in present-day [[Cape Breton Island]], [[Nova Scotia]]). [[Louisbourg]] stood near the mouth of the [[St Lawrence River]], and its capture was considered essential to any attack on Canada from the east. An [[Louisbourg Expedition (1757)|expedition the previous year]] had failed to seize the town, because of a French naval build-up. For 1758 Pitt sent a much larger Royal Navy force to accompany Amherst's troops.  Wolfe distinguished himself in preparations for the assault, the initial landing and in the aggressive advance of siege batteries. The French capitulated in June of that year in the [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)]]. He then participated in the [[Expulsion of the Acadians]] in the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)]].

The British had initially planned to advance along the St Lawrence and attack Quebec that year, but the onset of winter forced them to postpone to the following year. Similarly a plan to capture [[New Orleans]] was rejected,<ref>Brown p. 165{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref> and Wolfe returned home to England. Wolfe's part in the taking of the town brought him to the attention of the British public for the first time. The news of the victory at Louisbourg was tempered by the failure of a British force advancing towards [[Montreal]] at the [[Battle of Carillon]] and the death of [[George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe|George Howe]], a widely respected young general whom Wolfe described as "the best officer in the British Army".{{sfnp|Pocock|1998|p=95}} He died at almost the same time as the French general.