Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Raid on Lunenburg occurred during the American Revolution when American privateers attacked the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on 1 July 1782. On the morning of 1 July approximately 170 American privateers in six heavily armed vessels overpowered Lunenburg's defence, capturing the blockhouses and burning the house of the local militia colonel. The privateers then looted the settlement and kept the militia at bay with the threat of destroying the entire town. The American privateers plundered the town and took prisoners who were later released without a ransom having being paid.