Newfoundland expedition (disambiguation)

Newfoundland expedition (disambiguation)

Newfoundland expedition may refer to any of several military expeditions conducted on and around the island of Newfoundland throughout its history:

  • Newfoundland expedition (1696) of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville against English settlements during King William's War
  • Newfoundland expedition (1702) of Commodore John Leake against French settlements during Queen Anne's War
  • Siege of St. John's, part of a French expedition against English settlements in 1705
  • Battle of St. John's, part of a French expedition against English settlements in 1709
  • Battle of Signal Hill, the British response to a French expedition against St. John's in 1762
  • Newfoundland expedition, a 1796 Franco-Spanish expedition during the French Revolutionary Wars

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