Siege of Fort Massachusetts

Battle of Grand-Pré

Date	19–20 August 1746
Location	North Adams, Massachusetts
Result	French victory

Belligerents

France
Indians

Great Britain

Commanders and leaders

François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil

Sergeant John Hawks^[1]

Strength

1,000

22 men, 3 women, 5 children

Casualties and losses

1 killed, 16 wounded

30 prisoners, 14 survived

King George's War

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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 Indians 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.

References

↑ Michael D. Coe, The Line of Forts p.183

Niles, Grace Graylock. The Hoosac Valley: its Legends and its History

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