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Captain Thomas Lewis, Abijah Willard and two …

Years: 1755 - 1755
August
Captain Thomas Lewis, Abijah Willard and two hundred and fifty troops, under orders from Monckton, begin on August 15, to destroy two villages in Cobequid: Tatamagouche and Remsheg (present-day Wallace, Nova Scotia).

The British have chosen to destroy these villages first in the expulsion because they are the gateway Acadians use to provide cattle and produce to Louisbourg.

To this end, Willard assembles the men of Tatamagouche in an Acadian home.

He ensures that all the guns in the village are confiscated, then notifies the Acadian men that they are being taken prisoner.

Willard immediately begins to destroy the shipments of Acadian cattle and produce that are on vessels to be sent to Louisbourg.

Lewis burns twelve homes and the chapel on August 16; Willard continues to burn four houses and several barns in the early morning of August 17.
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