Newfoundland expedition (disambiguation)
Newfoundland expedition may refer to any of several military expeditions conducted on and around the island of Newfoundland throughout its history:
- Newfoundland expedition (1696) of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville against English settlements during King William's War
- Newfoundland expedition (1702) of Commodore John Leake against French settlements during Queen Anne's War
- Siege of St. John's, part of a French expedition against English settlements in 1705
- Battle of St. John's, part of a French expedition against English settlements in 1709
- Battle of Signal Hill, the British response to a French expedition against St. John's in 1762
- Newfoundland expedition, a 1796 Franco-Spanish expedition during the French Revolutionary Wars
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