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 | | This force was marched near Lake George, and there waited to hear of the arrival of the expected fleet at Boston. |
 | | While they were encamped at Lake George, waiting for boats to proceed down the lake, the Baron Dieskau, with a body of French and Indians, advanced by South Bay with a view to attack and seize the camp at the portage, now called Fort Edward. |
 | | In 1756, Oswego, on Lake Ontario, with a garrison of one thousand four hundred men, was surrendered to the French, and in 1757, Fort William Henry, at the south point of Lake George, was besieged by General Montcalm, and after a brave resistance from Colonel Munroe, the commanding officer, it was surrendered to the French. |
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