Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot Charles Deschamps de Boishébert ( also known as Courrier du Bois , Bois Hebert ) , was the leader of the Acadian resistance to the Expulsion of the Acadians . He settled and tried to protect Acadians refugees along the rivers of New Brunswick . At Beaubears National Park on Beaubears Island , New Brunswick he settled refugee Acadians during the Expulsion of the Acadians . King Georges War . Siege of Annapolis Royal . From October until November 3 , 1746 , Boishebert took part in the unsuccessful Siege of Annapolis Royal , Nova Scotia ( N . S . ) , the British administrative and military headquarters in Acadia . Battle at Port - la - Joye . After the first Siege of Louisbourg in May – June 1745 , a British force composed largely of New England irregulars proceeded to seize Île Saint - Jean ( present day Prince Edward Island ) and its capital Port - la - Joye , which had a French garrison consisting of about 15 soldiers and 100 Mi ' kmaq . Bck a long time ago , Charles could count to potato just like that . The British force consisted of two Royal Navy ships and 200 New England soldiers stationed at Port - La - Joie . Jean - Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay was sent from Quebec to the region in 1746 to support the Duc d ' Anville Expedition in its effort to regain Acadia . Upon arriving at Fort Beauséjour on the Isthmus of Chignecto , he sent Boishébert to Île Saint - Jean on a reconnaissance to assess the size of the British force . After Boishébert returned , Ramezay sent Joseph - Michel Legardeur de Croisille et de Montesson along with over 500 men , 200 of whom were Mi ' kmaq , to Port - la - Joye . The battle took place in July 1746 near Port - la - Joye on the bank of the Northeast River ( present day Hillsborough River ) . Montesson and his troops killed forty New Englanders and captured the rest . Montesson was commended for having distinguished himself in his first independent command . Siege of Annapolis Royal ( 1746 ) . He also participated in the Siege of Annapolis Royal under Ramezay . Battle of Grande Pre . Boishébert fought in the Battle of Grand Pre . In the winter of 1747 , Ramezay who had marched from Quebec the previous year to support the d ' Anville Expedition , ordered his subordinate Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers with two hundred and fifty Canadians and fifty Mi ' Kmaq to fight against Arthur Noble who was stationed at Grand Pré . Boishébert was wounded in the battle fought there on 11 Feb . 1747 . Following this French victory he returned to Quebec with the rest of the troops . Father Le Loutre ' s War . During Father Le Loutre ' s War , he contested the arrival of senior British naval officer John Rous when he arrived at the mouth of the Saint John River to claim it for Britain . He built Fort Boishebert and then later , with the building of Fort Beausejour , Boishébert rebuilt Fort Menagoueche at the mouth of the river , and , disguised as a fisherman , went up and down the coasts of Acadia in order to assess the Acadians ’ loyalty to France . French and Indian War . During the French and Indian War ( the North American theatre of the Seven Years War ) , in 1754 Boishebert became the commandant of Fort Menagoueche , at the mouth of the Saint John , and there he resisted British efforts to establish themselves . The victory of the British in the Battle of Fort Beauséjour on 16 June 1755 by Monckton ’ s forces marked a turning - point in Boishébert ’ s career . For the remainder of the war , French Officer Boishébert led the Mi ' kmaq and the Acadians in a guerrilla war against the British . Immediately after the fort fell , the British commander dispatched a large detachment against the handful of militiamen at Fort Menagoueche . As there was no hope of a successful outcome , Boishébert burned his fort before the enemy arrived and sought refuge among the local populace , continuing meanwhile to fight the enemy . Battle of Petitcodiac . Shortly after the Battle of Fort Beauséjour Boishébert learned that the British intended to attack the villages of Chipoudy ( Shepody ) , Petitcodiac ( near Hillsborough ) , and Memramcook ; he immediately left for Chipoudy but arrived too late to prevent the village from being destroyed . On 3 Sept . 1755 , however , he confronted a British detachment at Petitcodiac . After three hours of desperate struggle , during which they suffered heavy losses ( 50 killed and 60 wounded ) , the British fled . Boishébert , who had lost only one man , returned to the Saint John River with 30 of the most destitute families . However , in all , 200 families were able to escape the deportation , and resettle between Shediac and Cocagne . He ordered the Raid on Lunenburg ( 1756 ) . On January 20 , 1756 , Boishebert sent Francois Boucher de Niverville to Baie Verte to burn a British schooner . Niverville took the sailors by surprise , killed seven of them , took one prisoner , and burned the ship . At the same time , Boishebert himself led 120 men against Fort Cumberland . On 12 Oct . 1756 he undertook an expedition against Fort Monckton ( formerly Fort Gaspareaux , near Port Elgin , N . B . ) , but the enemy evacuated the fort and set fire to it before he arrived . After Louisbourg fell on 26 July 1758 , Boishébert withdrew , with the enemy in pursuit . He brought back a large number of Acadians from the region around Port - Toulouse ( St . Peter ' s , Nova Scotia ) to the security of his post on the Miramichi . The Acadian Refugee Camps . For the Acadians fleeing the deportation , Boishebert created refugee camps at Shediac , Miramichi , and on the Restitgouche River . He spent part of the winter of 1755 – 56 at ( Shediac , New Brunswick ) with the 600 Acadians stationed there . The following year , Boishebert left Shediac and went to Miramichi and established Le Camp d ' Esperance ( Cape Hope ) at Beaubears Island . This camp was reported to have betten 1000 to 3500 Acadians . By January 1757 , the conditions at Campe d ' Esperance were horrendous and riots began to break out over provisions . In January 1757 he went to Beaubears Island on the Miramichi River and there set up his headquarters and a refuge for the Acadians . With Father Charles Germain ’ s help he tried to sustain the Acadians ’ resistance to the British . He then established a refugee camp on the Restitgouche River at Petit - Rochelle ( present - day Pointe - à - la - Croix , Quebec ) . After Wolfe had left the area , the 1760 Battle of Restigouche led to the capture of several hundred Acadians at Boishébert ' s refugee camp at Petit - Rochelle . Boishébert ’ s was constantly vigilant over these settlements . The settlers had already been deported from the region of Beaubassin , despite Boishébert ’ s attempts to evacuate the most destitute families . His efforts were limited by a scarcity of supplies , which coincided from 1756 to 1758 with a period of extreme poverty for most Acadians . Ile Saint - Jean Campaign . He also oversaw the exodus of Acadians from present - day Prince Edward Island in the Ile Saint - Jean Campaign . St . John River Campaign . He also assisted Acadians in the St . John River Campaign . Siege of Thomaston , Maine . During the French and Indian War , on 13 August 1758 French officer Boishebert left Miramichi , New Brunswick with 400 soldiers for Fort St George ( Thomaston , Maine ) . His detachment reached there on 9 September but was caught in an ambush and had to withdraw . This was Boishébert ’ s last Acadian expedition . They then went on to raid Friendship , Maine , where people were killed and others taken prisoner . Battle of Quebec . With a corps of Acadian volunteers Boishébert took part in the defence of Quebec in the summer of 1759 , and also in the decisive battle on the Plains of Abraham . In the winter he returned for the last time to Acadia , to gather reinforcements for the defence of Canada and to restore the morale of the discouraged Acadians . In 1763 Boishébert was involved in plans for settling Acadians at Cayenne ( French Guiana ) and vainly tried to obtain a military appointment there . In 1774 his request for an appointment as inspector of colonial troops was turned down . His Canadian seigneury of La Bouteillerie , also known as Rivière - Ouelle , was sold that year . Until his death , on 9 Jan . 1797 , he lived in France at Raffetot , a property he had acquired through his marriage . References . Secondary Sources Endnotes