Vaudreuil's raid

Battle of Fort William Henry (March 1757)
	Part of the French and Indian War
	; Plan of Fort William Henry
Date	18–23 March 1757
Location	Fort William Henry, Lake George, Province of New York
Result	British victory
Belligerents
France	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Governor François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil	Major William Eyre; Captain Robert Rogers; Lieutenant-Colonel Munro (relief column)
Strength
1,600 (French regulars, Canadian militia, Native allies)	300–400 (garrison troops and colonial rangers)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown (destruction of supplies, bateaux, one sloop and several blockhouses)

Vaudreuil's raid, also known as the Battle of Fort William Henry, in March 1757 was a significant winter military operation during the French and Indian War, part of the broader conflict between Britain and France for control of North America. Under the command of Governor François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil, a French force of approximately 1,600 regulars, Canadian militia, and Native American allies marched across frozen terrain to strike at the British fort located at the southern end of Lake George, in the Province of New York. Although the British garrison, led by Major William Eyre, successfully defended the fort itself, the French forces succeeded in destroying nearly all of the supply depots, boats, and outbuildings important to the fort's logistics.