François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil Sergeant John Hawks Result French victory | Dates 19 Aug 1746 – 20 Aug 1746 | |
1,000 22 men, 3 women, 5 children 1 killed, 16 wounded 30 prisoners, 14 survived Similar Siege of Port Toulouse, Capture of the Vigilant, Siege of Annapolis Royal, Battle at Port‑la‑Joye, King George's War | ||
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.
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