raise funds and supplies to re-build the dikes. He returned in the spring of 1753. In May 1753, Natives scalped two British soldiers at Fort Lawrence. Seven Years' War Battle of Fort Beauséjour (1755) A British fleet of three warships and thirty-three transports, carrying 2,100 soldiers from Boston, Massachusetts, landed at Fort Lawrence on June 3, 1755. They attacked Fort Beauséjour the following day. The French forces abandoned Fort Gaspareaux on June 16, 1755, choosing instead to re-garrison at Fortress Louisbourg. This battle proved to be one of the key victories for the British in the Seven Years' War, in which Great Britain gained control of all of New France and Acadia. On the isthmus, the British abandoned Fort Lawrence and took over the better-constructed Fort Beauséjour, which they renamed Fort Cumberland. Shortly afterwards, the Great Upheaval began when British forces started rounding up French settlers during the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755). Most of these settlers would be deported, with their villages burned behind them to prevent their return. Skirmish at Chignecto (1755 July) During the Seven Years' War, at Fort Moncton (formerly Fort Gaspareaux), one of Captain Silvaus Cobb's soldiers was shot from his horse and killed in an ambush. Cobb assembled 100 troops but was unable to catch the Mi’kmaq. Monckton dispatched 200 men from Fort Lawrence but was also unsuccessful in catching any Mi’kmaq. Raid on Chignecto (1755 September) On September 15, Majors Jedidiah Preble and Benjamin Coldthwait took 400 men to destroy an Acadian village a short distance outside of Fort Monckton. Raid on Chignecto (1756 January) On January 20, Boishébert sent François Boucher de Niverville to Baie Verte to burn a British schooner. Niverville killed seven soldiers and took one prisoner before burning the ship. Meanwhile, Boishébert and his 120 Acadians and Mi’kmaq tried to set up a siege of Fort Cumberland, but ended up escaping capture in a possible ambush. Raid on Chignecto (1756 April) The Mi'kmaq and Acadians attacked Fort Cumberland on April 26, 1756. During the following two days, nine British soldiers were killed and scalped. Raid on Chignecto (1756 October) When Boishébert moved against Fort Monckton, the British abandoned it and burned it to the ground so that it could not be used by the French. Skirmish at Chignecto (1757 July) On July 20, 1757, Mi’kmaq captured two of Gorham's rangers outside Fort Cumberland. Skirmish at Chignecto (1757 September) On