Louisburg

Louis 1682-1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. François de Fénelon was his tutor and wrote Télémaque for his use. Louis was the rallying point of the opposition to Louis XIV—reactionary nobles and liberals alike—and miracles were expected of him. When he died suddenly during an epidemic (possibly of scarlet fever), rumors of poisoning circulated. His death is described in a famous passage in the memoirs of the duc de Saint-Simon. He was the father of King Louis XV of France and the brother of King Philip V of Spain.

Maylem, John (1739–?),New England soldier, fought in the French and Indian War, about which he wrote two lusty poems, The Conquest of Louisburg (1758) and Gallic Perfidy (1758), the latter recounting his capture by the French and Indians under Montcalm. Appended to his name on the title pages is the designation, “Philo‐Bellum.” There is no record of him after 1762.

King George's War (1744–48) North American component of the War of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, which saw the capture of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island by a combined British Navy-New England force under William Pepperell in 1745. A subsequent campaign against the St Lawrence valley was abandoned. The fortress was returned to France in exchange for Madras in 1748.