Draft:Raid on Lawrencetown (1754)

In late April 1754, Beausoleil and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. [1] They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fire on the village. Beausoleil killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fire on the village. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to Halifax. [2] By June 1757, the settlers had to be withdrawn completely again from the settlement of Lawrencetown because the number of Native raids eventually prevented settlers from leaving their houses. [3]