**The above picture is French commander Montcalm trying to stop the Indians from massacring the British**
The Battle of Fort Oswego was a series of French victories all recorded during the week of August 10, 1756. During this week, 3,000 troops under the command of General Montcalm captured and secured multiple fortifications in Fort Oswego. On August 10th, Montcalm sent a French engineer along with other officers and a group of Indians to find a way to get past the British defenses. One of the Indians mistook the French engineer as a British troop and shot him dead. The next night, French began siege trenches and moving forward to Fort Ontario has they were getting shot at back by British cannons and gunfire. Midday on August 13th, the British fell back before the French were even finished with the trenches.
The French assembled nine cannons and used them the next day to open fire on Fort Oswego. As the walls came crumbling down, the French cannons continued fire as the troops crossed the river in very difficult conditions. At this same time, Colonel James Mercer of the British was struck in the head and was killed, and the British surrendered.
The result of the battle was very one sided. About 50-80 British were killed but 1,700 collectively were taken prisoner. On the flip side, only 30 people on the French side were dead or wounded. Since so many British were captured, many of them tried to escape but were tomahawked or killed by drunken French or Indians.
The Battle of Fort Oswego was a series of French victories all recorded during the week of August 10, 1756. During this week, 3,000 troops under the command of General Montcalm captured and secured multiple fortifications in Fort Oswego. On August 10th, Montcalm sent a French engineer along with other officers and a group of Indians to find a way to get past the British defenses. One of the Indians mistook the French engineer as a British troop and shot him dead. The next night, French began siege trenches and moving forward to Fort Ontario has they were getting shot at back by British cannons and gunfire. Midday on August 13th, the British fell back before the French were even finished with the trenches.
The French assembled nine cannons and used them the next day to open fire on Fort Oswego. As the walls came crumbling down, the French cannons continued fire as the troops crossed the river in very difficult conditions. At this same time, Colonel James Mercer of the British was struck in the head and was killed, and the British surrendered.
The result of the battle was very one sided. About 50-80 British were killed but 1,700 collectively were taken prisoner. On the flip side, only 30 people on the French side were dead or wounded. Since so many British were captured, many of them tried to escape but were tomahawked or killed by drunken French or Indians.