 Complete the following phrase:  In May 1757 the 43rd sailed for North America, arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia the following month to defend the British North American colonies during the French and Indian War the North American Theatre of the Seven Years War against France. A detachment of the 43rd was defeated in a skirmish with Mikmaq and Acadian resistance fighters at Bloody Creek near Fort Anne on 8 December 1757. The regiment had spent almost two years on garrison duties when, in 1759, as part of General Wolfes force, it took part in the capture of 