Noble Colonel Arthur


A Massachusetts officer, sent by Governor

Shirley in 1746 to oppose Ramesay in Acadia. Occupied Grand Pre without

opposition, Ramesay having retreated to Chignecto. In February of the

following year a party of Canadians and Indians under Coulon de Villiers

surprised the British garrison at Grand Pre, and in the fight Noble and

his brother, with a large number of men, were killed, and the rest

forced to capitulate. =Bib.=: Parkman, Half Century of Conflict;

Hannay, History of Acadia.



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