Battle of the Monongahela

When

9 Jul 1755

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.44° N, 80.01° W

Description

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

The Battle of the Monongahela took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War at Braddock's Field in present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania, 10 miles (16 km) east of Pittsburgh. A British force under General Edward Braddock, moving to take Fort Duquesne, was defeated by a force of French and Canadian troops under Captain Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu with its American Indian allies.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine vor allem aus mit den Franzosen verbündeten Indianern bestehende Truppe fügt einem auf das französische Fort Duquesne, das heutige Pittsburgh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de la Monongahela”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Мононгахеле”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La derrota de Edward Braddock en la Batalla de Monongahela contra la India y Francia, parte de la Guerra Franco-india de la Guerra de los Siete Años”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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