Loudon, Forts. There

were two fortifications of this name during the colonial period. Both were erected for the purpose of defense against the Indians. One was erected in Loudon County, Tenn., on the Tenne ee River, about 1750, and was the scene of an Indian ma acre a few years later. The other was built in 1752 near Winchester, Va., for the protection of the town. It was a square with four bastions, mounting twenty-four guns and large enough to contain 450 men. - Louis XVI. (1754-1793), succeeded to the throne of France in 1774. He gave the American colonies very considerable aid during the Revolution, and burdened France with a debt in their behalf. His war with Great Britain lasted from 1778 to 1782. He was executed in 1793 during the French Revolution. L Louis bourg, Cape Breton, Canada, a fort erected by the French in 1720. Upon the breaking out of King George’s War in 1744, privateers were sent out from Louis bourg to hara the New England coast. 413