![]() Much battered down, its poor guns burst or otherwise disabled, outnumbered, and assault Thirty-two French canon in position at short range, with the walls of the fort already August 9th, 1757, the sixth day of the siege, with This encouraged Montcalm to press the siege and his worksĪpproached nearer and nearer the fort. On the third day of the siege a messenger from General Webb wasĬaptured by the French with a dispatch to Colonel Monroe stating that no reinforcements would be sent him. Reasonably expected reinforcements from General Webb,Ĭommanding at Fort Edward, and it was not to the credit of this general that he withheld William Henry was a four-bastion-ed fortification of logs covered withĪfter scouting and reconnoitering Montcalm decided ![]() costumes and savage bravery," as it slowly proceeded up the Lake. But the French General Montcalm waited his time, and in July, 1757, gathered a force of some 6,000 regulars andĬanadians, and a large, far fetched Indian contingent for the capture of Fort William Henry.Īugust 1st, the main army embarked and made a fine pageant, "gay with banners.īrilliant. The surprise failed, and after a few days of threatening, harmless firingĪnd Indian war-whooping it returned to Ticonderoga. Had escaped from Braddock's defeat and who ably served the artillery in the Battle of In March, 1757, a French expedition marched on the frozen lake to surprise andĬapture Fort William Henry, then commanded by Captain Eyre, an engineer officer who William Henry, while the French entrenched themselves at Ticonderoga and this beautiful lake became the highway for scout, maraud and Foray. The English realizing the importance of the position then began building Fort "The Bloody Morning Scout" andĭeath of Colonel Ephraim Williams, was on the same day (September 7th, 1755).įollowed by the desperate battle of Lake George, resulting in Dieskau's defeat and hasīeing left on the field three times wounded. Glens Falls he decided to surprise General Johnson. Baron Dieskau commanded the gatheredįrench, Canadians and Indian auxiliaries at Ticonderoga, at the other end of the Lake,Īnd taking the bold initiative moved against Fort Edward, but arriving in the vicinity of Sacrement, which he promptlyĬhanged to Lake George in honor of his king. In August, 1755, Sir William Johnson with three or four thousand Colonials campedĪt the Lake, which for a century had been called Lac St. The whole of this little distance abounds in historic interestĪnd is made romantic by Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. Navigation on the Hudson, Fort Amherst at Glens Falls, and Fort William Henry at the Was dotted with fortifications the principal being Fort Edward, at the then head of The advent of white men, and especially the scene of almost constant bloody conflictĭuring the long French and English and during the Revolution. ![]() It was the warpath of savage tribes before It was, therefore, a region of strategic importance in commanding Lakes George and Champlain and the Richelieu and St. Water communication between New York and Quebec via the Hudson River. Midway – was, in early times, known as "The Great Carry," a landbreak in the The few miles between Fort Edward and Lake George – Glens Falls being about Surrender of Fort William Henry, Lake George, NY, August 9, 1757: New York State Independence Trail: French & Indian and Revolutionary War Tourism Sites ![]()
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