This time he obtained heavy siege equipment , and assembled his forces at Fort de l'Assumption on the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff ( present - day Memphis , Tennessee ) 120 miles to the east of the Chickasaw villages .
Bienville was instructed to try again .
This time Bienville obtained heavy siege equipment , and assembled Bienville 's forces at Fort de l'Assumption on the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff ( present - day Memphis , Tennessee ) 120 miles to the east of the Chickasaw villages .
Bienville was instructed to try again .