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Newfoundland War Memorials
Torbay War Memorials

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Torbay War Memorial of 1762

As the Seven Years War drew to a close in 1762, the Compte d'Haussonville led a final French attack on Newfoundland, seizing St. John's. When word of the loss reached the British in New York preparations were at once begun to retake the place, a military force commanded by Colonel William Amherst was dispatched to Newfoundland, supported by a blockading fleet under Admiral Lord Colville. The British Forces lander here at Torbay on 13 September and proceeded overland to St. John's which they forced the French to surrender five days later.

 

Photographed and Copyright by William E. Breen

Page Last Modified: Saturday April 19, 2014 (Dan Breen)

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