A story of the siege of Fort Granville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, July 1758. Presented as part of “Pennsylvania Profiles,” a weekly series produced for the Sunbury Daily Item, with the above number published on April 10, 1987.
Panel 1 – The Siege of Fort Granville, Mifflin County by fifty French soldiers and a hundred Delaware Indians raged throughout the afternoon and evening of July 31, 1758. Around midnight, some Indians crawled along a ditch to within 15 yards of the fort.
Panel 2 – They set fire to the fort, burning a hole in a wall through which they fired on the defenders who tried to fight the flames.
Panel 4 – Lieutenant Armstrong, the officer-in-charge of the fort, and an enlisted man were killed and three men were wounded.
Panel 5 – At sunrise, Capt. Coulon de Villiers, the French commander, ordered a cease fire and demanded the surrender of the fort, promising not to harm anyone.
Panel 6 – John Turner from Buffalo Valley actually believed de Villiers, so he opened the gate and surrendered the fort.
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An explanation of the series “Pennsylvania Profiles” appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item, May 10 1985:
For the stories behind… forgotten but fascinating facts, you’ll want to read “Pennsylvania Profiles,” a weekly feature with vivid illustrations… in this newspaper…. Pennsylvania Profiles delves into the nooks and crannies of the Keystone State’s hectic heritage. [It] is researched, written and illustrated by Patrick M. Reynolds of Willow Street, a town in southern Lancaster County. He is a graduate of Pratt institute, Brooklyn, New York, and Syracuse University, New York. His features are available in books. Reynolds is a Vietnam War veteran and an Army reserve Infantry officer.
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