Battle of Fort Duquesne

Battle of Fort Duquesne
Part of the French and Indian War
This engraving by Alfred R. Waud depicts the British occupation of the remains of Fort Duquesne on November 25.
Date 14 September 1758 Location Fort Duquesne, site of present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Coordinates: 40°26′29.86″N 80°00′39.40″W / 40.4416278°N 80.0109444°W / 40.4416278; -80.0109444 Result French victory
Belligerents
France Colony of Canada Natives	Great Britain British America
Commanders and leaders
François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery	James Grant  (POW)
Strength
500 natives and militia	400 regulars 350 militia
Casualties and losses
21 killed; 8 wounded	104 killed; 220 wounded; 18 captured

 France

 Great Britain

The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the eponymous French fort (later the site of Pittsburgh) that was repulsed with heavy losses on 14 September 1758, during the French and Indian War.

The attack on Fort Duquesne was part of a large-scale British expedition with 6,000 troops led by General John Forbes to drive the French out of the contested Ohio Country (the upper Ohio River Valley) and clear the way for an invasion of Canada. Forbes ordered Major James Grant of the 1st Highland Regiment to reconnoiter the area with 850 men. When Grant proceeded to attack the French position, his force was out manoeuvred, surrounded, and largely destroyed by the French and their native allies led by François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery. Major Grant was taken prisoner and the British survivors retreated fitfully to Fort Ligonier. The battle for fort duquesne is what historians believe started the seven year war.

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