The Summer Paradise in History a Compilation of Fact And Tradition Covering Lak
The Summer Paradise in History a Compilation of Fact And Tradition Covering Lak
Warwick Stevens Carpenter
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It stood upon a slight eminence overlooking the lake and was admirably planned to resist assault. After the battle of Lake George (q. V. ), which was fought September 8, 1755, before the fort was built, General Johnson made no further demonstration against the French during that season, occupying his time upon the fortifications. The fol- lowing year, 1756, the works were materially strengthened and completed, while the French were completing Fort Carillon, later called Fort Ticonderoga by the ...English. In March, 1757, Chevalier Pierre Francois de Vaudreuil, with 1, 500 French and Indians, made a night attack over the ice, which was unsuccessful, though they burned everything outside of the fort, including bateaux, quantities of lumber, provisions and houses. This was the forerunner of a more determined attack conducted by Montcalm in August of the same year, who invested the fort with [63] THE SUMMER PARADISE IN HISTORY six thousand men and two thousand Indians. The works were held by only 2, 300 men under command of Colonel Monroe, though Colonel Webb with large reinforcements was at Fort Edward, only fifteen miles away.
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