Battle of the Monongahela

Battle of the Monongahela
Part of the French and Indian War
19th-century engraving of the death of Major-General Braddock at the Battle of the Monongahela.
Date 9 July 1755 Location near present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania 40°24′13″N 79°52′7″W / 40.40361°N 79.86861°W / 40.40361; -79.86861Coordinates: 40°24′13″N 79°52′7″W / 40.40361°N 79.86861°W / 40.40361; -79.86861 Result French-Indian victory
Belligerents
France New France Abenaki Lenape Shawnee	Great Britain British America
Commanders and leaders
Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu † Jean-Daniel Dumas Charles de Langlade	Edward Braddock † George Washington John Fraser
Strength
637 natives 108 troupes de la Marine 146 militia Total: 891	1,300 regulars and colonial militia
Casualties and losses
30 killed 57 wounded	500+ killed 450+wounded

The Battle of the Monongahela, (also known as the Battle of Braddock's Field and the Battle of the Wilderness), took place on 9 July 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War, at Braddock's Field in what is now 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.

The defeat marked the end of the Braddock expedition, by which the British had hoped to capture Fort Duquesne and gain control of the strategic Ohio Country. Braddock was mortally wounded in the battle and died during the retreat near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He specifically asked for George Washington, who accompanied him on the march, to oversee his burial. The remainder of the column retreated south-eastwards and the fort, and region, remained in French hands until its capture in 1758.

Braddock had been dispatched to North America in the new position of Commander-in-Chief, bringing with him two regiments (the 45th and 48th) of troops from Ireland. He added to this by recruiting local troops in British America, swelling his forces to roughly 2,200 by the time he set out from Fort Cumberland, Maryland on 29 May. He was accompanied by Virginia Colonel George Washington, who had led the previous year's expedition to the area.

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