Jonquière
Americannoun
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Undaunted by disastrous failure, the French court equipped another fleet, not equal to that of D'Anville, yet still formidable, and placed it under La Jonquière, for the conquest of Acadia and Louisbourg.
From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Francis Parkman
Even in the face of these dark disasters France was unwilling to abandon Louisbourg, and in 1747 another powerful naval force under La Jonquière set out for Acadia.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Claude Glennon Bryan
A fleet of French men-of-war under one La Jonquière, an able commander, was ordered to go and retake Louisbourg,—that, at least, among other things.
From Greenwich Village by Allan G. (Allan Gilbert) Cram
La Jonquière answered with bitter complaints against Céloron, and then begged to be recalled.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
By the orders of La Jonquière, three of these adventurers were seized, with all their goods, and carried captive to Montreal: after a long examination, however, they were discharged.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Warburton
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