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  2. Battle of Carillon - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, [4] was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War (which was part of the global Seven Years' War). It was fought near Fort Carillon (now known as Fort Ticonderoga ) on the shore of Lake Champlain in the frontier area between the British colony of New York and ...

  3. Fort Carillon - Wikipedia

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    Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion. Situated on the lake some 15 miles (24 km) south of Fort Saint-Frédéric , it was built to prevent an attack on Canada and slow the advance of the enemy long enough for ...

  4. Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Ticonderoga was a minor confrontation at Fort Carillon (later renamed Fort Ticonderoga) on July 26 and 27, 1759, during the French and Indian War.A British military force of more than 11,000 men under the command of General Sir Jeffery Amherst moved artillery to high ground overlooking the fort, which was defended by a garrison of 400 Frenchmen under the command of Brigadier ...

  5. Fort Ticonderoga - Wikipedia

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    A 1777 map depicting Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River. In 1755, following the Battle of Lake George, the French decided to construct a fort here. Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor of the French Province of Canada, sent his cousin Michel Chartier de Lotbinière to design and construct a fortification at this militarily important site, which the French called Fort Carillon. [9]

  6. Languedoc Regiment - Wikipedia

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    After the Battle of Lake George, the regiment was sent to Fort Carillon, then under construction. The regiment was then sent towards the south and participated in the successful Siege of Fort William Henry. On July 8, 1758, the second battalion participated at the Battle of Carillon. In May 1759, it went to Quebec City, where it participated in ...

  7. Flag of Carillon - Wikipedia

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    The original flag of Carillon, displayed at the Musée de l'Amérique française in Quebec City. The flag of Carillon was flown by the troops of General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm during the Battle of Carillon, which was fought by the French and Canadian forces against those of the British in July 1758 at Fort Carillon. [1]

  8. Battle of Ticonderoga - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Ticonderoga may refer to: Battle of Ticonderoga (1758) or Battle of Carillon, an unsuccessful British attack on a numerically disadvantaged French garrison Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) , a British approach that forced a small French garrison to withdraw

  9. Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière - Wikipedia

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    In 1758, Lotbinière again advised Montcalm to await rather than attack the British Army, at Fort Carillon, the fort that Lotbinière had built, which led to the French victory at the Battle of Carillon. In 1784, Louis XVI of France created Lotbinière a Marquis, the only Canadian by family and birth to have attained that rank, and the last ...