Who was the leader of the French forces in The Last of the Mohicans?

The leader of the French forces in The Last of the Mohicansis the Marquis de Montcalm. Montcalm was a real-life historical figure in the French and Indian War, a general in the French army who accepted the surrender of the British under Colonel George Munro, also a real figure, at Fort William Henry in New York in 1757. In the book, after the surrender, Montcalm essentially allows his Huron allies to massacre the English...

The leader of the French forces in The Last of the Mohicans is the Marquis de Montcalm. Montcalm was a real-life historical figure in the French and Indian War, a general in the French army who accepted the surrender of the British under Colonel George Munro, also a real figure, at Fort William Henry in New York in 1757. In the book, after the surrender, Montcalm essentially allows his Huron allies to massacre the English troops who left the fort under flag of truce. In reality, this does not seem to have been his intent--he actually attempted to stop the massacre. The real-life Montcalm was a very successful and skillful military leader. He would win several more significant victories against the British before his death in the siege of Quebec in 1759.