The British learned of the miserable conditions at the fort, and on February 22, 1779, Captain Henry Bird of the 8th Regiment of Foot with a handful of British soldiers and a couple hundred Wyandot, Mingo, Munsee, and Delaware warriors laid siege to the fort.
The Friends of Fort Laurens Foundation Inc., a volunteer organization, is currently raising funds to build a replica of the fort on the original site, as authorized by the Ohio General Assembly in April 1915.