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Encyclopedia > Battle of Fort Bull
Battle of Fort Bull
Part of the French and Indian War
Date March 27, 1756
Location Rome, New York
Result French victory
Combatants
France Britain
Commanders
Chaussegros de Léry James Wolfe
Strength
259 regulars and militia
103 natives
Unknown
Casualties
1 dead
2 wounded
103 dead, wounded, or captured
Seven Years' War in North America:
The French and Indian War
Jumonville GlenGreat Meadows – Fort Beauséjour – MonongahelaLake GeorgeFort BullFort OswegoFort William HenryLouisbourg - Fort CarillonFort Frontenac - Fort DuquesneFort LigonierTiconderogaFort NiagaraBeauportQuebec – Sainte-Foy – Restigouche - Thousand IslandsMontréal - Signal Hill

The Battle of Fort Bull was a French raid on the British-held Fort Bull on March 27, 1756. After its destruction by the French under de Lery, the star shaped wood stockade with four interior buildings was rebuilt in May-August 1756 as Fort Wood Creek. Combatants France and its Indian allies Britain and its Indian allies Strength 3,900 regulars 7,900 militia 2,200 natives (1759) 50,000 regulars and militia (1759) The French and Indian War was the nine-year North American chapter of the Seven Years War. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Rome is a city located in Oneida County, New York. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Combatants Prussia Great Britain Hanover Ireland Portugal Brunswick Hesse-Kassel Austria France Russia Sweden Spain Saxony The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763), some of the theatres of which are called the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian War (see below), was a war in the mid-18th... Combatants France and its Indian allies Britain and its Indian allies Strength 3,900 regulars 7,900 militia 2,200 natives (1759) 50,000 regulars and militia (1759) The French and Indian War was the nine-year North American chapter of the Seven Years War. ... The Battle of Jumonville Glen was a battle of the French and Indian War fought on May 28, 1754 near what is present-day Uniontown in Western Pennsylvania. ... Combatants Britain France Commanders George Washington James Mackay Louis Coulon de Villiers Strength 100 regulars 193 militia, and natives 100 natives 600 marines, and militia Casualties 31 dead 70 wounded 192 captured 3 dead 19 wounded The Battle of the Great Meadows, also known as the Battle of Fort Necessity... Combatants France Britain Commanders Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor Robert Monckton Strength 162 2,000 Casualties 162 dead, wounded, or captured Unknown The Battle of Fort Beauséjour marked the opening of a British-American offensive in North America in the Seven Years War. ... Combatants France Britain Commanders Liénard de Beaujeu † Jean-Daniel Dumas Charles de Langlade Edward Braddock † Strength 105 regulars 147 militia 600 natives 1,459 regulars and militia Casualties 23 killed 20 wounded 456 killed 521 wounded The Braddock expedition (also called Braddocks campaign) was a failed British attempt... Geoff/Gsl 21:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC) Category: Possible copyright violations ... 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 Frances military vulnerability. ... The Battle of Fort William Henry resulted in the loss of British Fort William Henry to a French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in August of 1757. ... The Fortress of Louisbourg (in French, Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a Canadian National Historic Site and the location of a partial reconstruction of an 18th century French fortress at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. ... The Battle of Carillon was fought at Fort Carillon (later known as Fort Ticonderoga), on the shore of Lake Champlain in what was then the British colony of New York, July 7-July 8, 1758 during the French and Indian War, and resulted in a victory of the French garrison... The Battle of Fort Frontenac took place from August 25 to August 27, 1758 near the end of the Seven Years War (referred to as the French and Indian War in the United States) between France and Britain. ... Combatants France Britain Commanders François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery James Grant Strength 500 militia and natives 800 regulars and militia Casualties 16 dead or wounded 300 dead 100 captured {{{notes}}} The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a failed attempt by elements of General John Forbess British-American... The battle of fort Ligoneir was fought in 1758 and was a battle of the French-Indian war. ... The Battle of Ticonderoga of 1758 was an engagement of the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years War not so much a battle as an investment. ... The Battle of Fort Niagara was one of the final battles in the North American theatre of the Seven Years War. ... The Battle of Beauport was fought on July 31, 1759 between a British fleet and French land forces. ... Combatants Britain France Commanders James Wolfe † Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm † Strength 4,800 regulars 4,000 regulars 300 militia Casualties 58 dead 600 wounded 644 dead or wounded The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, fought September 13, 1759, was a decisive battle of the North American theatre of... Combatants France Britain Commanders François Gaston de Lévis James Murray Strength 2,600 regulars 2,400 militia[1] 3,800 regulars 20 guns Casualties 833 dead or wounded 1,124 dead or wounded The Battle of Sainte-Foy, sometimes called the Battle of Quebec (1760), was fought on... Combatants Britain France Commanders Capt. ... The Battle of the Thousand Islands was fought between 16 August and 24 August 1760, in the upper St. ... For other military campaings relating to Montreal, see Battle of Montreal Combatants Great Britain France Commanders Jeffrey Amherst François Gaston de Lévis Strength 11,000 regulars 6,500 provincials 700 Iroquois 2,100 effectives The Siege of Montreal took place at the end of the French and Indian... Combatants France Britain Commanders Guillaume de Bellecombe MacDonell Strength 295 regulars 200 regulars Casualties 10–20 dead or wounded 4–5 dead 19 wounded The Battle of Signal Hill was fought on September 15, 1762 in the closing months of the French and Indian War. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


External links

  • CHAPTER 1 The Conquest: The Acadian Tragedy
  • 1755-The French and Indian War: History Part IV
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