Battle at Chignecto

BelligerentsMi'kmaq militia
Acadian militiaGreat Britain
British AmericaCommanders and leadersJean-Louis Le Loutre
Louis de La Corne

Joseph Broussard (Beausoliel)
Chief Étienne Bâtard
Father Charles Lawrence
John Gorham
Captain John Rous
Silvanus Cobb
Horatio Gates
Captain William Clapham
Colonel Peregrine Lascelles
John Salusbury
Hugh Warburton
Joseph Gorham
Joshua Winslow
John Brewse (wounded)
Captain William Rickson
Francis Bartelo†
Henry Grace (POW)Strength 300 Mi'kmaq and Acadian militia 700 British regulars and New England RangersCasualties and losses 7-8 Mi'kmaq 20 killed; 3 killed, 12 missing

The Battle at Chignecto happened during Father Le Loutre's War when Charles Lawrence, in command of the 45th Regiment of Foot (Hugh Warburton's regiment) and the 47th Regiment (Peregrine Lascelles' regiment), John Gorham in command of the Rangers and Captain John Rous in command of the navy, fought against the French monarchists at Chignecto. This battle was the first attempt by the British to occupy the head of the Bay of Fundy since the disastrous Battle of Grand Pré three years earlier. They fought against a militia made up of Mi'kmaq and Acadians led by Jean-Louis Le Loutre and Joseph Broussard (Beausoliel). The battle happened at Isthmus of Chignecto, Nova Scotia on 3 September 1750.