Attack on German Flatts (1757)

Attack on German Flatts
Part of the French and Indian War
DateNovember 12, 1757
Location43°1′34″N 74°59′25″W / 43.02611°N 74.99028°W / 43.02611; -74.99028
Result Franco-Indian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France France
 New France
Iroquois
Province of New York
Commanders and leaders
François-Marie Picoté de Belestre Johan Jost Petrie
Strength
300 regulars, militia and Indian warriors 75 militia
Casualties and losses
5 wounded[1] 40–50 killed
150 captured[1]

The attack on German Flatts was the successful assault on the British North American settlement of German Flatts, New York by a combined French-Indian force on November 12, 1757 during the French and Indian War. Inhabited by Palatine colonists, the settlement's defenders (consisting of 75 militiamen) were defeated by the 300-strong force of attackers, and German Flatts was captured and destroyed. Between 40 and 50 of the colonists were killed, and 150 were captured; in comparison, the French-Indian force only suffered 5 wounded.

  1. ^ a b Benton, p. 52