Attack on German Flatts (1757)

Attack on German Flatts
	Part of the French and Indian War
Date	November 12, 1757
Location	German Flatts, Province of New York, British America ; present day Herkimer, New York State43°1′34″N 74°59′25″W / 43.02611°N 74.99028°W
Result	Franco-Indian victory
Belligerents
France ; New France ; Iroquois	Province of New York
Commanders and leaders
François-Marie Picoté de Belestre	Johan Jost Petrie
Strength
300 regulars, militia and Indian warriors	75 militia
Casualties and losses
5 wounded	40–50 killed ; 150 captured

The attack on German Flatts was an assault on the British North American settlement of German Flatts, New York, by a combined French-Indian force on November 12, 1757, during the French and Indian War. Seventy-five Palatine colonist militiamen were defeated by the 300-strong attacking force, and German Flatts was captured and destroyed. Between 40 and 50 of the colonists were killed, and 150 were captured; the French-Indian force only suffered 5 wounded.