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Battle of Fort Niagara | |||||||
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Part of the French and Indian War | |||||||
Fort Niagara | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iroquois | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pierre Pouchot (POW) Daniel-Marie Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne[1] |
John Prideaux † William Johnson Sayenqueraghta | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,786 (Regulars, Canadians and Native Americans) |
2,000 regulars 1,000 militia 945 Iroquois | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
109 killed or wounded 377 captured | 239 killed or wounded |
The Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion of the French province of Canada in conjunction with General James Wolfe's invasion to the east.