On the 29 th of August, 1746, a band of French and Indians, under command of M. De Repentigny, who were scouting near by, made an attack upon a party of twenty soldiers near the gates of the fort, …

Aug 31, 2023 · The incident sparked an international crises, which led to the outbreak of French and Indian War (1754-1763), part of a global conflict that many scholars consider the first world war, the …

The siege of Fort William Henry (3–9 August 1757, French: Bataille de Fort William Henry) was conducted by a French and Indian force led by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm against the British -held …

Jul 1, 2015 · The only engagement where the two opposing forces met in a pitched battle was here, on this mountaintop in Elmira, N.Y.

Popular interest in these colonial wars has been renewed recently with the 250th anniversary of the siege and “massacre” at Fort William Henry—a small log fort in upstate New York that witnessed …

While visiting historic American Revolutionary and French and Indian War sites in the lower Hudson Valley, be sure to also stop by the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park.

Sullivan's forces joined soldiers from New England and Pennsylvania and advanced into Western New York from the south. A decisive battle was fought at Newtown near Elmira in Chemung County in …

We have now come, in passing through the history of the long colonial wars of the old wilderness, to the last French and Indian war, which raged for a period of eight years, ending in the peace of 1763.

The New York State Independence Trail provides your roadmap for a self-guided tour of some of the most important sites of the French and Indian war and Revolutionary war — from authentically …

The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. [2] It was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America, in the French …