The Indians brutally killed and scalped many of the British soldiers and then took hundreds of prisoners to Canada where they were held for ransom. After the British marched out of the fort under a French armed guard and began their retreat down the Old Military Road to Fort Edward, they were attacked by Montcalm’s Indian allies. The French, however, failed to protect their prisoners. On August 11, 2007, massive re-enactments in the Village of Lake George commemorated the 250th anniversary of the siege, surrender, and “massacre” at Fort William Henry. The British garrison held out for six days before surrendering on August 10, 1757, to the French commander, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran, who had offered generous terms, a typical feature of European-style warfare. In early August 1757 an overwhelming force of about 10,000 French soldiers and Indians from Canada advanced south from Fort Carillon (later renamed Fort Ticonderoga) and laid siege to Fort William Henry. The fort’s garrison numbered about 2,300, a mixture of British soldiers and American colonial militiamen, commanded by a career soldier, Lieutenant-Colonel George Monro, a Scot. Within the fort, four barracks buildings, storehouses, a hospital, a magazine, and numerous sheds bordered a central parade ground. Each corner had a diamond-shaped bastion to allow its defenders to catch attackers in a cross fire. The fort was a square enclosure surrounded by 30-foot-thick walls made of earth and wood surrounded, in turn, by an outer moat. Soon afterward the British built Fort William Henry at the south end of Lake George, and for the next two years it was the northernmost base of British operations, provocatively located on land claimed by the French. The first major engagement took place on September 8, 1755, and involved British and French forces clashing in the Battle of Lake George. He’s been exercising and things of that nature.In the mid-18th century British and French armies, each aided by their Indian allies, turned upstate New York into a vast battleground as they fought over the region around Lake George, Lake Champlain, and the upper reaches of the Hudson River. “He’s been with us here on the trip,” said the coach. The 20-year-old rookie missed Games 3 and 4 with a concussion, but Keefe said Knies is improving. Leafs winger Matthew Knies hasn’t featured in the series since getting hurt after getting thrown to the ice by Florida centre Sam Bennett in Game 2. “It’s not wrist shots he’s eating - it’s one-timers full on. “Finished every check, so hard to play against, and is putting his body on the line. Louis Blues in February, commended the gritty effort. O’Reilly, who arrived in Toronto via trade with Acciari from the St. “Sets a real high standard for the group. “That sort of thing is contagious (and) infectious. “Gives you absolutely everything that he has,” Keefe said. Leafs winger Noel Acciari had a game-high seven hits and blocked three shots in Game 4, including a painful one off the hand. “If we can just continue to be one goal better, we’ll take that.” “We need to stay with it offensively, but as we showed (Wednesday), we have to do so with a foundation defensively that just takes care of our team and gives us a chance to win games. “We’ve got to make good on the chances we do have,” he said. Keefe credited Florida’s defending, especially in the last two games - a 3-2 Panthers’ OT triumph and the Leafs’ victory with their backs against the wall. The more traffic we can get, getting pucks and bodies to the net, creating that havoc around there, it’s going to be better.” “We’ve got to keep making it tough on (Panthers netminder Sergei Bobrovsky). “(Wednesday) was good enough to win,” said O’Reilly, who provided the screen on Mitch Marner’s winner in the third period. Toronto got a reprieve with a gutsy, defensive effort in front of Woll, but put up just two goals for a sixth straight playoff game. “Works extremely hard,” Leafs defenceman Timothy Liljegren said.
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