What the records say
- When
- 19 Aug 1746 – 20 Aug 1746
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 42.70° N, 73.11° W
- Description
- 1746 siege
Siege of Fort Massachusetts
1746 siege
The siege of Fort Massachusetts was a successful siege of Fort 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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège et prise de Fort Massachusetts par les Français”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジョージ王戦争：マサチューセッツ砦包囲戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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