What the records say
- When
- 28 May 1754
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.81° N, 79.59° W
- Description
- 1754 opening battle of the French and Indian War
Battle of Jumonville Glen
Opening battle of the French and Indian War
The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, fought on May 28, 1754, near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French and Indian War: Battle of Jumonville Glen – The war begins when George Washington, 22, leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit dem Gefecht von Jumonville Glen beginnt der Franzosen- und Indianerkrieg in Nordamerika”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Jumonville Glen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “стычка у Грейт-Медоуз”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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