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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)

July 2–6, 1777 · Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)

Result British victory

Burgoyne's guns on Mount Defiance forced the Americans to abandon Fort Ticonderoga without a fight.

On the map Contemporaries

American

British

United States

Great Britain

Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Arthur St. Clair military commander

Philip Schuyler military commander

John Burgoyne military commander

William Phillips military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 3,000
Killed: 7
Wounded: 11

Strength: 7,800
Killed: 5

Units

Northern Army (Continental Army)

Burgoyne's army British Lake Champlain squadron