Word of the French movements had reached…

August 1757 CE

Word of the French movements had reached the influential British Indian agent William Johnson on August 1.

Unlike Webb, he had acted with haste, and arrives at Fort Edward on August 6 with fifteen hundred militia and one hundred and fifty natives.

In a move that infuriates Johnson, Webb refuses to allow him to advance toward Fort William Henry, apparently believing a French deserter's report that the French army is eleven thousand men strong, and that any attempt at relief is futile given the available forces.

Locations
Fort William Henry Warren New York United States View →

People
Daniel Webb View → François-Charles de Bourlamaque View → François-Gaston de Lévis View → George Monro View → John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun View → Joseph Frye View → Louis-Antoine de Bougainville View → Louis-Joseph de Montcalm View → William Johnson, 1st Baronet View →

Groups
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) View → Abenaki people (Amerind tribe) View → Mohawk people (Amerind tribe) View → Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe) View → Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) View → New France (French Colony) View → Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Ohio Country View → New York, Province of (English Colony) View → New Hampshire, English royal Province of View → Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony) View → New Jersey (English Colony) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View →

Topics
Colonization of the Americas, French View → Colonization of the Americas, British View → French and Indian War View → Fort William Henry, Masscre at View → Fort William Henry, Siege of View →

Subjects
Conflict View →

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