Battle of Fort Duquesne
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The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the French-controlled Fort Duquesne on 14 September 1758, during the French and Indian War. This force was out-maneuvered, surrounded, and largely
Memorial plaque on the site of the Battle of Fort Duquesne
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General James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the War of the Austrian Succession, French and Indian War and American War of
Battle of Fort Duquesne
…Bouquet, a Swiss officer commanding a battalion of the Royal American Regiment. As they approached Fort Duquesne by late August, Bouquet sanctioned Major James Grant of Ballindalloch of the 77th Regiment to reconnoiter the area with 850 men. On September 11, 1758, Grant led the men to scout the environs of Fort Duquesne ahead of…
Portrait of Grant, c. 1770