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Battle of the Monongahela

1755 · 18th century · Also known as Braddock's Defeat · Part of the Seven Years' War

The Battle of the Monongahela was fought on 9 July 1755 near the Monongahela River, east of Fort Duquesne in present-day Pennsylvania. A British and colonial army under General Edward Braddock, marching to take the fort, was ambushed by a smaller force of French troops and Native allies and lost about two-thirds of its men, and Braddock was mortally wounded. George Washington helped lead the retreat.

Battle of the Monongahela
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