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Mount Defiance is an high hill on the
Fort Ticonderoga National Historic Landmark - Battlegrounds
(includes Mount Defiance) Mountains of Essex County, New York Mountains of New York (state) {{EssexCountyNY-geo-stub
New York
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side of Lake Champlain
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, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga (), formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States. It was constructed by Canadian-born French mi ...
and Mount Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified. Mount Defiance was previously known as Sugar Loaf.
In the 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the British army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
succeeded in positioning artillery
Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during siege ...
on Mount Defiance, causing the Americans
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to withdraw from both forts without a fight.
Mount Defiance is located in the town of Ticonderoga in southeastern Essex County.
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Fort Ticonderoga National Historic Landmark - Battlegrounds
(includes Mount Defiance) Mountains of Essex County, New York Mountains of New York (state) {{EssexCountyNY-geo-stub