its capture
... that Philippe Pastour de Costebelle, the French governor of Plaisance, Newfoundland, ordered the destruction of St. John's after its capture by French forces in 1709?
... that <a href="./Philippe_Pastour_de_Costebelle" id="mwDj4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippe Pastour de Costebelle">Philippe Pastour de Costebelle</a>, the <a href="./France" id="mwDj8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France">French</a> governor of <a href="./Placentia,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" id="mwDkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador">Plaisance</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Colony_of_Newfoundland" id="mwDkE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colony of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, ordered the destruction of <a href="./St._John's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" id="mwDkI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador">St. John's</a> after <b id="mwDkM"><a href="./Battle_of_St._John's" id="mwDkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of St. John's">its capture</a></b> by French forces in 1709?