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Strife in the North Lands and Fort Oswego Action Report
A letter sketches campaigns around Lake George and Oswego during the British effort against French forces. Prideaux’s march to Oswego, its siege on Fort Niagara, and the eventual relief by Gage are described, with heavy casualties among French officers and Indians, and strong British defense. News also covers Niagara, Crown Point, Niagara’s capture, and related naval and coastal trade updates from Greenock, Halifax, and Barbadoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George
William Henry
Lake Champlain
St John
Canada
Mr. Wolfe
Montcalm
Prideaux
Mohawk River
Oswego
Lake Ontario
Niagara
William Johnson
Venango
Presq’ Isle
Moranti
Fort du Quesne
Misssippi
St. Lawrence
Gage
Frontenac
Swegatela
Montreal
St. John’s le Prair
Chamblé
Wolfe
Stanwix
Ohio
Lake Erie
Canongate
Patrick Jamieson
Masons
Aberdeen
3D Regiment of Foot-Guards
London
James Mitchell
Crown Point
Newcastle
Yorkshire
Roe
Greenock
William, Lindsay
Barbadoes
Lendon
Elizabeth
Robertson
Christian
Watson
Gordon
Marifon
Clyde
Antigua
Aif
Marsinico
Leeward Islands
William
Shannon
Orr
Glasgow
Binning
Colquhoun
Johnston
Britain
St Kitts
Martinie