What the records say
- When
- 24 Jul 1759
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.24° N, 79.05° W
- Description
- 1759 battle
Battle of La Belle-Famille
1759 battle of the French and Indian War
The Battle of La Belle-Famille occurred on July 24, 1759, during the French and Indian War along the Niagara River portage trail. François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery's French relief force for the besieged French garrison at Fort Niagara fell into Eyre Massey's British and Haudenosaunee ambush. This action formed part of the larger Battle of Fort Niagara.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein französischer Versuch, den britischen Belagerungsring um Fort Niagara am Ontariosee zu durchbrechen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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