Montcalm, in the wake of his successful…
June 1757 CE
He is initially hesitant to commit his limited resources against Fort William Henry without knowing more about the disposition of British forces.
Intelligence provided by spies in London arrives in the spring, indicating that the British target is probably Louisbourg.
This suggests that troop levels on the British side of the frontier might be low enough to make an attack on Fort William Henry feasible.
This idea had gained further support after the French questioned deserters and captives taken during periodic scouting and raiding expeditions that both sides conducted, including one resulting in the January Battle on Snowshoes.
As early as December 1756, New France's governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, had begun the process of recruiting natives for the following summer's campaign.
Fueled by stories circulated by native participants in the capture of Oswego, this drive has been highly successful, drawing nearly a thousand warriors from the Pays d'en Haut (the more remote regions of New France) to Montreal by June 1757.
Another eight hundred warriiors have been recruited from tribes that live closer to the Saint Lawrence.
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People
Daniel Webb
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François-Gaston de Lévis
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
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John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
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Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, Marquis de Vaudreuil
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William Johnson, 1st Baronet
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William Pitt
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Groups
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
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Abenaki people (Amerind tribe)
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Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe)
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Mohawk people (Amerind tribe)
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Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans)
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New France (French Colony)
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Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe)
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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
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Ohio Country
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New York, Province of (English Colony)
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Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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