Siege of Fort Massachusetts
| Siege of Fort Massachusetts | |||||||
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| Part of King George's War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 New France Indian tribes |  Massachusetts | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil | John Hawks[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 | 22 men, 3 women, 5 children | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed, 16 wounded | 30 prisoners, 14 survived | ||||||
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King George's War
- Planned French invasion
- Canso
- Newfoundland
- Annapolis Royal 1st
- Annapolis Royal 2nd
- Port Toulouse
- Capture of Vigilant
- Louisbourg
- Tatamagouche
- 1st Northeast Coast
- Saratoga
- 2nd Northeast Coast
- Ile Saint-Jean
- d'Anville Expedition
- Fort Massachusetts
- Grand Pré
- Fort at Number 4
- 3rd Northeast Coast
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
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
- Niles, Grace Graylock. The Hoosac Valley: its Legends and its History
42°42′03″N 73°06′33″W / 42.7008°N 73.1092°W / 42.7008; -73.1092
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