Saratoga raid

{{Short description|1745 military action}}

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{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict=Raid on Saratoga

|partof=King George's War

|date=28 November 1745

|place=Saratoga, New York

|result=French victory

|combatant1={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}

|combatant2={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|commander1=Paul Marin de la Malgue

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|strength1=600

|strength2=Colonists

|casualties1=

|casualties2=30 killed
60–100 taken prisoner

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The Raid on Saratoga was an attack by a French and Indian force on the settlement of Saratoga, New York on November 28, 1745, during King George's War. Led by Paul Marin de la Malgue, the allied force of 600 burned the settlement, killing about 30 and taking 60 to 100 prisoners, in addition.

References

  • Peyser, Joseph L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=u-h-T9CxHSIC&dq=saratoga%201745%20indian%20raid&pg=PA75 Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre: officer, gentleman, entrepreneur]
  • Parkman, Francis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uq0dAAAAMAAJ&dq=saratoga+1745+inauthor%3AParkman&pg=PA210 A half-century of conflict: France and England in North America, Volume 2]

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Category:1745 in military history

Category:Military history of Canada

Category:Conflicts in 1745

Category:Battles in New York (state)

Category:Battles involving Great Britain

Category:Battles involving France

Category:Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession

Category:Pre-statehood history of New York (state)

Category:New France

Category:1745 in the Province of New York

Category:Military raids

Category:Battles of King George's War

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