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The fortress of Louisbourg arose not from victory but from defeat; not from military strength but from naval weakness; not from a new, adventurous spirit of attack, but from a half-despairing hope of keeping one last foothold by the sea. It was not begun till after the fortunes of Louis XIV had reached their lowest ebb at the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. It lived a precarious life of only forty years, from 1720 to 1760. And nothing but bare ruins were left to mark its grave when it finally passed, unheeded and unnamed, into the vast dominions of the conquering British at the Peace. | The Great Fortress by William Wood 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V The Great Fortress by William Wood The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Fortress by William Wood 2 in our series by William Wood 8 in our series Chronicles of Canada Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title The Great Fortress A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 The Great Fortress by William Wood Author William Wood 2 Release Date July 2004 EBook 6026 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on October 21 2002 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT FORTRESS This etext was produced by Gardner Buchanan CHRONICLES OF CANADA Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton In thirty-two volumes Volume 8 THE GREAT FORTRESS A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 By WILLIAM WOOD TORONTO 1915 PREFACE Louisbourg was no mere isolated stronghold which could be lost or won without affecting the wider issues of oversea dominion. On the contrary it was a necessary link in the chain of waterside posts which connected France with America by way of the Atlantic the St Lawrence the Great Lakes and the