During the siege William Pote was taken prisoner and wrote one of the rare captivity narratives that exist from Nova Scotia and Acadia.

During King George's War, the French began to retake what the British called Nova Scotia with an assault on the capital.

While at Cobequid, Pote reported that an Acadian said that the French soldiers should have "left their [the English] carcasses behind and brought their skins.

[6]: 42–43  On July 10, Pote witnessed another act of revenge when the Mi'kmaq tortured a Mohawk ranger from Gorham's company at Meductic.

[7] The French made one final attempt with the Duc d’Anville Expedition to regain Annapolis Royal.