Cape Sable campaign

Cape Sable campaign
Part of French and Indian War
Roger Morris By Benjamin West
Date September–October 1758 Location Cape Sable Region, Nova Scotia Result British victory
Commanders and leaders
Roger Morris Jedidiah Preble Joseph Gorham Erasmus James Philipps	Jean-Baptiste de Gay Desenclaves Joseph Landry Charles Dantermong
Units involved
35th Regiment of Foot Gorham's Rangers Royal Americans Rogers' Rangers[1]	Acadia militia Mi'kmaq militia

The Cape Sable campaign occurred in the fall of 1758 during the French and Indian War. The British sought to neutralize Acadian support for the French by deporting them. Colonel Roger Morris led a force of 325 British soldiers, aided by Captain Joseph Gorham with 60 rangers and Rogers' Rangers,^[1] to destroy the Acadian settlements in present-day Shelburne County and Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

According to one historian,^[who?] the level of Acadian suffering greatly increased in the late summer of 1758. Along with campaigns on Ile Saint-Jean, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, at St. John River campaign and the Petitcodiac River campaign, the British targeted the Cape Sable region, known as Pobomcoup.^{[not verified in body]}