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- The Battle of the Restigouche
After the fall of Québec in 1759, the last naval engagement between France and Britain for the possession of Canada was fought in the narrow confines of the Restigouche River. France's last effort in Canada ended on 8 July 1760, it was nothing more than a cannonade prolonged over several days, with equal losses in personnel, nevertheless the battle remained a decisive English victory. All the same the French gained honor from their exploits, for 17 days a small frigate and two merchantmen, held in check five warships with 256 guns. For 17 days, the French maintained their fire and prevented the enemy from landing.
Paul Gaudet and his family are listed as prisoners of war held at Fort Cumberland in 1761. This list can be found in the Centre d'Etudes acadiennes, Université du Moncton, New Brunswick.
The Treaty of Paris was signed on 10 February 1763. France had lost all her territories except for the islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland. The former lands of the Acadians in Nova Scotia were now occupied by England's new Protestant settlers. The Acadians were allowed to settle in Nova Scotia provided they took the oath of allegiance and become British subjects on the lands specifically assigned to them. The news had spread that some Acadians were given refuge at Miquelon. Paul Gaudet is found on the census of Miquelon, dated 15 May 1767. He was listed as a widower from Beauséjour (Fort Cumberland), his son Pierre, five years old is with him. Governor Dangeac of Miquelon was less than happy with the arrival of the Acadians at Miquelon. The islands already had more people than the lands and supplies could accommodate. King Louis XV of France, hearing the complaints of Governor Dangeac, decided to remove the Acadians to France. Late in 1767, Governor Dangeac had exiled 586 Acadians, about 60% of them returned the following year. Paul Gaudet and his family are listed on the ship's role of "la Félicité" and disembarked at Martin de Ré (Ile de Ré), France in November of 1767. Life was no better for the Acadians in France. Paul Gaudet and his family returned to Miquelon in 1768. In the census of Miquelon dated 1776 (Archives nationales, Paris, section outre mer, G1 467), Paul Gaudet gives his age as 45 years old, his wife Rose is 33 years old, their son Pierre is 15; Rosalie (Apollonie), 8; Anne, 6; Marie, 4; and Joseph is 1 year old. They have a house, a fishing shed (cabane de pêche), a lot at the shore (grave), a boat and launch (dock).
Exile of 1778
France had taken a favorable position with American Independence and war with England was declared on 6 February 1778. By the end of 1778, the English governor of Newfoundland had seized the almost defenceless settlement of Miquelon, burnt it to the ground, and exiled the population to France. The Acadians were crowded on four English ships and transported to the port cities of Saint-Malo, La Rochelle and Bordeaux. Paul Gaudet and his family are found on the ship's role of the "Mary." They disembarked at the port of Saint-Malo, France, on 19 November 1778. (Archives nationales, Paris, section outre mer, G 1494) The exile lasted for five years. Many more Acadians died on the journey across the Atlantic or from the furious outbreak of contagious diseases such as cholera, scarlet fever and typhus which had stricken St-Malo and La Rochelle in 1779. The Acadians were used to fresh air and open spaces. The unsanitary conditions on board the transports, and the stone houses on narrow streets, the the absence of hygiene and sufficient medicine to meet the needs, caused the death of many more. Paul Gaudet died on 14 April 1779, his two year old daughter, Genevieve, died six days later, they were both buried in the parish cemetery of Saint-Servan, Saint-Malo, France.
(Ref. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi'op=GET&db=glaffy&id=I338)
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