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had by then gained a point of high ground above them and forced them to retire. The
Indians used the forest to their advantage; "concealed by a thick foliage, their heavy and destructive fire could not be returned with any effect". In the one-sided battle in the woods, the British and American force suffered 342 casualties, of whom 232 were from the 77th Regiment, including Grant, who was taken prisoner. Out of the eight officers in Andrew Lewis's Virginian contingent, 5 were killed, 1 was wounded and Lewis himself was captured. Nevertheless, most of Grant's force escaped to rejoin the main army under Forbes and Bouquet. The Franco-Indian force suffered only 8 killed and 8 wounded.
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Grant and his men were there until they beat the drum and played upon the bagpipes, just at daylight. They then flew to arms, and the
Indians ran up under cover of the banks of Allegheny and Monongahela, for some distance, and then sallied out from the banks of the rivers, and took possession of the hill above Grant; and as he was on the point of it in sight of the fort, they immediately surrounded him, and as he had his Highlanders in ranks, and in very close order, and the Indians scattered, and concealed behind trees, they defeated him with the loss only of a few warriors; most of the Highlanders were killed or taken prisoners."
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British marched up to the smoldering remains, they were confronted with an appalling sight. The Indians had decapitated many of the dead Highlanders and impaled their heads on the sharp stakes on top of the fort walls, with their kilts displayed below. The British and Americans rebuilt Fort Duquesne, naming it
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European military tactics. His force was out-maneuvered, surrounded, and largely destroyed by the French and their native allies led by
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A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and Its Peoples, 1724-1774
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688:"Founder's Son Leads Area Through Wars with French and British"
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Founder’s Son Leads Area Through Wars with French and British
521:, who had ordered the capture of that strategic location.
708:. New York and Chicago: The American Historical Society.
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407:The attack on the fort was part of a large-scale
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949:Battle of Fort Duquesne
933:Bloody Springs massacre
907:Battle of Sideling Hill
729:Steele, Ian K. (1994).
721:McConnell, Michael N.
382:Battle of Fort Duquesne
227:500 natives and militia
101:40.4416278; -80.0109444
22:Battle of Fort Duquesne
194:Commanders and leaders
69:, site of present-day
1193:History of Pittsburgh
1152:Heinrich Zeller House
1042:Fort Juniata Crossing
912:Kittanning Expedition
891:GnadenhĂĽtten massacre
876:Penn's Creek massacre
822:French and Indian War
686:Dolack, Bill (2008).
618:Smith, James (1799).
446:After repulsing this
402:French and Indian War
298:, Ohio Valley Theater
237:Casualties and losses
29:French and Indian War
928:Hochstetler massacre
569:Fleming, pp. 391-392
881:Great Cove massacre
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1082:Fort Manada
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997:Fort Bigham
820:during the
498:James Smith
452:Ohio Valley
436:reconnoiter
428:James Grant
413:John Forbes
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