| Siege of Fort Massachusetts | |||||||
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| Part ofKing George's War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 New FranceIndian tribes |  Massachusetts | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil | John Hawks[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 | 22 men, 3 women, 5 children | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed, 16 wounded | 30 prisoners, 14 survived | ||||||
Thesiege of Fort Massachusetts (19-20 August 1746) was a successful siege ofFort Massachusetts (in present-dayNorth Adams, Massachusetts) by a mixed force of more than 1,000 French and Native Americans fromNew France. The fort, garrisoned by a disease-weakened militia force from theProvince of Massachusetts Bay, surrendered after its supplies of ammunition and gunpowder were depleted. Thirty prisoners were taken and transported back toQuebec, where about half of them died in captivity.[2]
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