Siege of Fort Massachusetts explained

Conflict:Siege of Fort Massachusetts
Partof:King George's War
Date:19–20 August 1746
Place:North Adams, Massachusetts
Result:French-Indian victory
Combatant1:
Indian tribes
Combatant2: Massachusetts
Commander1: François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil
Commander2: John Hawks[1]
Strength1:1,000
Strength2:22 men, 3 women, 5 children
Casualties1:1 killed, 16 wounded
Casualties2:30 prisoners, 14 survived

The siege of Fort Massachusetts (19-20 August 1746) was a successful siege of Fort Massachusetts (in present-day North Adams, Massachusetts) by a mixed force of more than 1,000 French and Native Americans from New France. The fort, garrisoned by a disease-weakened militia force from the Province of Massachusetts Bay, surrendered after its supplies of ammunition and gunpowder were depleted. Thirty prisoners were taken and transported back to Quebec, where about half of them died in captivity.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Michael D. Coe, The Line of Forts p.183
  2. http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=15722 Fort Massachusetts