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 Battle of Fort Oswego - Definition 

Battle of Fort Oswego
ConflictSeven Years' War
DateAugust 10 - August 14, 1756
PlaceOswego, New York
ResultDecisive French victory
Combatants
France Britain
Commanders
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm James Mercer
Strength
3,000 2,000
Casualties
30 dead or wounded 80 dead
1,700 captured
121 cannons captured


The Battle of Fort Oswego was the first in a series of early French victories in the French and Indian War theater of the Seven Years' War that belied New France's military vulnerability. On the week of August 10, 1756, a force of regulars and Canadian militia under General Montcalm captured and occupied the British fortifications at Fort Oswego, effectively interrupting American shipping on Lake Ontario and removing the threat to nearby Fort Frontenac.


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