 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1759, mauto eBritain aitungamirirwa naGeneral Jeffery Amherst akatora Fort Ticonderogakubva kuvaFrench mumatanho apashure eHondo yeFrance neyeIndia. Akatsunga kuchengetedza kudzora kweBritain kumaodzanyemba kweLake Champlain, Amherst akarayira kuvakwa kweFort Crown Point, uye kuvakwa kwemugwagwa unoibatanidza neFort paNhamba 4, ipapo nzvimbo yekuchamhembe yeBritish yekoloni paRwizi rweConnecticut. Nzira yacho yaitevera nzira yekare yevaNative American, yakafanana neBlack River kumaodzanyemba kwayo uye Otter Creek kuchamhembe kwayo. Basa rokutanga pamugwagwa wacho rakaitwa nemapoka emasoja echikoloni aitungamirirwa naColonel John Stark. Basa racho raisanganisira kubvisa miti nemakwenzi, kuvaka mabhiriji pamusoro penzizi duku, uye kuvaka zvikamu zvebhuruu zvinopfekwa nomucheka munzvimbo ine madziva. 