Attack on German Flatts (1757)

Attack on German Flatts
Part of the French and Indian War
Date November 12, 1757 Location German Flatts, New York 43°1′34″N 74°59′25″W / 43.02611°N 74.99028°W / 43.02611; -74.99028 Result French-Indian victory
Belligerents
France  New France Iroquois Indians	Britain New York
Commanders and leaders
François-Marie Picoté de Belestre	Johan Jost Petrie
Strength
300 regulars, militia and Indians	75 militia
Casualties and losses
5 wounded[1]	40-50 killed 150 captured[1]

The attack on German Flatts was the successful assault on the British colonial settlement of German Flatts, New York (present-day Herkimer, New York) by a combined French-Indian force on November 12, 1757 during the French and Indian War. Inhabited by Palatine colonists, the settlement's defenders (consisting of 75 militiamen) were defeated by the 300-strong force of attackers, and German Flatts was captured and destroyed. Between 40 and 50 of the colonists were killed, and 150 were captured; in comparison, the French-Indian force only suffered 5 wounded.