Siege of Fort Massachusetts

Battle of Grand-Pré
Part of King George's War
Date 19–20 August 1746 Location North Adams, Massachusetts Result French victory
Belligerents
France Indians	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil	Sergeant John Hawks
Strength
1,000	22 men, 3 women, 5 children
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 16 wounded	30 prisoners, 14 survived

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.

References

• Niles, Grace Graylock. The Hoosac Valley: its Legends and its History