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Battle of Fort Niagara

Battle of Fort Niagara
Part of the French and Indian War

Fort Niagara
Date6–26 July 1759
Location
near present-day Youngstown, New York
43°15′46″N 79°03′48″W / 43.262691°N 79.063314°W / 43.262691; -79.063314
Result British-Iroquois victory
Belligerents

 France

 Great Britain

Iroquois
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Pouchot  (POW)
Daniel-Marie Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne[1]
John Prideaux 
William Johnson
Sayenqueraghta
Strength
1,786 (Regulars, Canadians and Native Americans) 2,000 regulars
1,000 militia
945 Iroquois
Casualties and losses
109 killed or wounded
377 captured
239 killed or wounded

The Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion of the French province of Canada in conjunction with General James Wolfe's invasion to the east.

  1. ^ Dunn Jr., Walter S. (1979). "Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne, Daniel-Marie". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 4. University of Toronto/Université Laval.

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