Battle of Caving Banks

Events from the year 1710 in Canada.

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Squadron of Royal Navy ships and transports with 2,000 troops takes Port Royal from French garrison[13]

Speaking to Queen Anne in London, Mohican and Kanien’kéhà:ka chiefs request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade[14]

Haudenosaunee "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: stereotypes)[15]

Governor Dudley says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture naval stores trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement[16]

Argument for autumn offensive against Canada includes benefits of fairer winds and higher (but still ice-free) water[17]

Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from Riviere du Loup to Cataraqui on Lake Ontario[18]

"A malignant fever[...]was very general both in Quebec and in the surrounding country [and] carried off a vast number of persons"[19]

France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval power[...]make all Europe stand in fear of them"[20]

Newfoundlanders' work in fishery and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from French[21]

Geography of Ferryland, Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"[22]

Mayors of English towns report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed[23]

References

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  9. ^ "History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, Port Royal and The English Takeover: 1690-1712; Part 2; Ch. 3, Phips and the Taking of Port Royal (1690)". www.blupete.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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  12. ^ AMERICAN CANADIAN COLONIAL (PDF).
  13. ^ "The Expedition against Port Royal" Chap. XXX; Containing an Account[...]of the Expedition to, and Reduction of Port Royal in Nova Scotia, A Complete History of the most Remarkable Transactions at Sea[....] (1720), pgs. 765-7. Accessed 28 January 2021
  14. ^ "194 The Four Indian Kings' Speech to the Queen" (April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 2 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84 Also at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/The_Four_Indian_Kings_Speech_To_Her_Majesty.png
  15. ^ "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada" The Four Kings of Canada (1710), pgs. 8-11. Accessed 8 February 2021
  16. ^ "81 Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
  17. ^ "290 Mr. Dummer to (the Earl of Dartmouth?)" (July 6, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021
  18. ^ "569 A View of Canada taken by Major John Livingston, with accot. of fortifications and number of men" (December 27, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021
  19. ^ "April and May, 1710," Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755, The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 February 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to "malignant")
  20. ^ "250 i Considerations on the Trade to Newfoundland" (received by Council of Trade and Plantations, May 26, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
  21. ^ "85 Mr. Campbell to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
  22. ^ "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland(...)" (February 1, 1710). Accessed 3 February 2021
  23. ^ 74-80; Letters of Bristol, Poole, Bideford, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Fowey, and Barnestaple mayors to Council of Trade and Plantations (January 28–31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021