 In mid September 1750 French officer Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor (later the commander at Fort Beausejour) was dispatched aboard the brigantine "Saint-François" to convoy the schooner "Aimable Jeanne", which was carrying munitions and supplies from Quebec to the Saint John River for Boishebert at Fort Boishebert.Early on 16 October, about ten leagues west of Cape Sable (present-day Port La Tour, Nova Scotia and area), British Captain John Rous in HMS "Albany" overtook the French vessels.Despite inferior armament, Vergor engaged the sloop, allowing "Aimable Jeanne" to reach Fort Boishebert.