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BASTIDE, John Henry, British soldier, born about 1710. He was employed as chief engineer in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in 1742, and in April 1745, Massachusetts granted him £140 for services in the repair and construction of the forts in that province, particularly Castle William and Governor's island in Boston harbor, Marblehead, Cape Ann, and Falmouth (now Portland, Maine). His services were of great value in preparing the plans and the means for the capture of Louisburg in 1745, and were acknowledged by Governor Shirley, of Massachusetts, in a message to the House of Representatives. He was afterward employed in the reduction of Canada from 1756 to 1760, and in 1761-'2 fortified the harbor of Halifax and improved its dockyard° He became lieutenant-general in the British army, 3 April 1770.
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