page_title: Naval battle off Tatamagouche
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Naval battle off Tatamagouche / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Guerrier Micmac
context_page_description: The Action of 15 June 1745 was a naval encounter between three New England vessels and a French and native relief convoy en route to relieve the Siege of Louisbourg during King George's War. The French and native convoy of four French vessels and fifty native canoes carrying 1200 fighters was led by Paul Marin de la Malgue and the New England forces were led by Captain David Donahew. The New Englanders were successful. The Governor of Ile Royal Louis Du Pont Duchambon thought that the New Englanders would have ended their siege of Louisbourg had Marin arrived. Instead, the day following the battle, Duchambon surrendered Louisbourg to New England.
context_section_description: The battle was significant in the downfall of Louisbourg because Marin's relief envoy was thwarted.  Without the relief of the convoy, the following day Louisbourg fell.
  Weeks after the fall of Louisbourg, Donahew and Fones again engaged Marin, who was now nearing the Strait of Canso. Donahew and 11 of his men put ashore and were immediately surrounded by 300 Indians. The captain and five of his men were slain and the remaining six were taken prisoner. The Indians were said to have cut open Donahew's chest, sucked his blood, then eaten parts of him and his five companions.  This tale significantly heightened the sense of gloom and frustration settling over the fortress.  On July 19, the 12-gun provincial cruiser of Donavan's, Resolution, sailed slowly into the harbour with her colours flying at half-mast. The horrifying tale of the fate of her captain, David Donahew, and five crew members spread rapidly through the fortress.
caption: Miꞌkmaq warrior
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