Editing Database: George Monro

Born: 1700<br>
Died: 1757

[[George Monro]] was born in Clonfin, County Longford, Ireland, to a Scottish military family. His father was Colonel George Munro of Auchinbowie, who was famous for his victory at the Battle of Dunkeld in 1689.

(Fun-fact: There's a plaque somewhere and it has his name spelled "Munro" because it was created in the days before spell-check. -V.)

In 1718, Monro joined Otway's Regiment, the 35th Regiment of Foot, as a lieutenant. By 1750, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Seven years later, he was placed in fommand of [[Fort William Henry]] with 1500 troops.

On August 3, 1757, Montcalm and 8000 [[France|French]] soliders and Native allies laid siege to Fort William Henry. On August 9, Monro negotiated for his troops to be allowed safe passage to Fort Edward; they were allowed to keep their muskets and a single cannon, but no ammunition. But the Natives did not respect the conditions of the surrender and viciously attacked the prisoners.

(That's the [[Assassins|Brotherhood]] for you. We make rules, they break them. That's why they all have to die, see? -V.)

Monro died in [[Albany]] on November 3, 1757.
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