**The above pictures are battle plans for the Siege of Fort William Henry**
The Siege of Fort William Henry stretched from August 3-9, 1757. This battle consisted of 6,200 French regulars and 1,800 Indians, as for the British side it consisted of 2,500 regulars and militia. The morning of August 3rd, 1757 the French blockaded the road between Edward and William Henry, which began a firefight. Monro refused to surrender, and sent word to Fort Edward of his current conditions and asked for reinforcements. Webb, the commander at Fort Edward, felt insulted and wrote back to Monro telling him to negotiate the best conditions possible. The only problem with this, though, was that Montcalm intercepted this letter and Monro never received it.
On August 5th, French artillery began firing upon the fort from 2,000 yards away, and then again the next day from 900 yards away. On August 7th, Montcalm sent Bougainville to the fort, whose walls were destroyed and guns were immobilized, under a truce flag to deliver the message that Montcalm intercepted. Monro decided to try and hold out the French, but after one more day he put out the white flag for negotiations.
The terms for these negotiations was that the British get to keep their muskets and one cannon but no ammunition and were to be escorted to Fort Edward, as long as they do not fight for 18 months. The Indians butchered many of the wounded, so Montcalm and Monro decided to try and march at night. The Indians did not like this and surrounded the fort, so they had to wait until the next morning. At 5am, before the British began forming their column, the Indians renewed attacks and murdered and scalped any wounded British people.
The French lost a very few amount of people from the battle while the British lost 130 people and had 2,308 captured. The Indian attacks resulted in anywhere from 70-180 killed or missing.
The Siege of Fort William Henry stretched from August 3-9, 1757. This battle consisted of 6,200 French regulars and 1,800 Indians, as for the British side it consisted of 2,500 regulars and militia. The morning of August 3rd, 1757 the French blockaded the road between Edward and William Henry, which began a firefight. Monro refused to surrender, and sent word to Fort Edward of his current conditions and asked for reinforcements. Webb, the commander at Fort Edward, felt insulted and wrote back to Monro telling him to negotiate the best conditions possible. The only problem with this, though, was that Montcalm intercepted this letter and Monro never received it.
On August 5th, French artillery began firing upon the fort from 2,000 yards away, and then again the next day from 900 yards away. On August 7th, Montcalm sent Bougainville to the fort, whose walls were destroyed and guns were immobilized, under a truce flag to deliver the message that Montcalm intercepted. Monro decided to try and hold out the French, but after one more day he put out the white flag for negotiations.
The terms for these negotiations was that the British get to keep their muskets and one cannon but no ammunition and were to be escorted to Fort Edward, as long as they do not fight for 18 months. The Indians butchered many of the wounded, so Montcalm and Monro decided to try and march at night. The Indians did not like this and surrounded the fort, so they had to wait until the next morning. At 5am, before the British began forming their column, the Indians renewed attacks and murdered and scalped any wounded British people.
The French lost a very few amount of people from the battle while the British lost 130 people and had 2,308 captured. The Indian attacks resulted in anywhere from 70-180 killed or missing.