The commander who invested Fort Niagara was Gen. John Prideaux. During that operation Prideaux was killed and then substituted by Gen. Sir William Johnson.
Sir William Johnson
Sir William Johnson
The local fort that was started by the French and taken by the British in 1759 is Fort Niagara. Located at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it played a strategic role during the French and Indian War. The British capture of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was a significant turning point in the war, leading to British dominance in the region.
Fort Niagara was a fort held by the French, located where the Niagara Rivers flows into Lake Ontario. It was besieged by a British army in June 1759 and capitulated on July 25, 1759.
Battle of Fort Niagara happened on 1759-07-26.
The capture of Fort Niagara, the key bastion between lakes Erie and Ontario, which would isolate all French positions to the westA thrust northward along lakes George and Champlain, then down the Richelieu River to the St. Lawrence, where this force was intended to join another British army in an assault on QuébecCombined army and navy forces were to be assembled in a fleet and sent up the St. Lawrence to besiege the key French bastion, Québec.
The conquest of Fort Niagara carried out on July, 25, 1759 by the British army led by Gen. Sir William Johnson, cut off the French in Canada from the Ohio Valley.
In 1759 the British took Quebec.
1759, officially by treaty 1762
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