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  conflict Battle of Fort Oswego
  partof the French And Indian War
  date August 10 &ndash August 14 , 1756
  place Oswego , New York
  result Decisive French victory
  combatant1 France
  combatant2 Britain
  commander1 Louis-Joseph De Montcalm
  commander2 James Mercer
  strength1 3,000
  strength2 2,000
  casualties1 30 dead or wounded
  casualties2 80 dead<br/>1,700 captured<br/>121 cannons seized



The Battle of Fort Oswego was one in a series of early French victories in the North American Theater of the Seven Years' War that belied New France's military vulnerability. On the week of August 10 , 1756 , a force of regulars and Canadian militia under General Montcalm captured and occupied the British fortifications at Fort Oswego , located near modern-day Syracuse , New York , which would effectively interrupt American shipping on nearby Lake Ontario and remove the threat to nearby Fort Frontenac .

The battle was notable for demonstrating that traditional European notions of Logistics and Siege tactics, when applied properly and in the right circumstances, were viable on the North American battlefield.