The Navy in the War of 1739-48 #232450

The winter passed without any alarms. The troops from Gibraltar did not arrive until the following April. Escorted by three 44 gun ships 1 they had reached North America in the late autumn, but the season being then too far advanced for them to get into Cape Breton, they had wintered in Virginia, and had sailed for Louisbourg as soon as the harbour was reported Open. Additions to the squadron followed rapidly.