Jean-Louis Le Loutre Military person

Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre (September 26, 1709 – September 30, 1772) was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society. In the eighteenth-century struggle for power between the French, Acadians and Mi'kmaq against the British over Acadia and Nova Scotia, Le Loutre became the leader of the French forces and the Acadian/Mi'kmaq militias during King George's War and Father Le Loutre’s War. Historian Micheline Johnson described him as "the soul of the Acadian resistance."

Personal facts

Jean-Louis Le Loutre
Birth dateSeptember 26, 1709
Birth place
France , Morlaix
Date of deathSeptember 30, 1772
Place of death
Nantes , France

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military operations
Duc d'Anville Expedition
Acadian Exodus
Battle of Fort Beauséjour
Raid on Dartmouth (1751)
Father Le Loutre's War
King George's War
Isthmus of Chignecto
Battle of Grand Pré
Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744)
Siege of Grand Pre
military branch
France

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External resources

  1. http://hohants.weebly.com/12-jean-louis-leloutre.html
  2. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2022
  3. http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Loutre.htm
  4. http://www.danielnpaul.com/AbbeJean-LouisLeLoutre.html
  5. https://archive.org/details/cihm_00530
  6. https://archive.org/details/cihm_28548
  7. https://archive.org/details/cihm_52165
  8. https://archive.org/stream/duquesnestudiess04henr#page/n6/mode/1up