Battle of Fort Ligonier
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The Battle of Fort Ligonier was a battle of the French and Indian War. On 12 October 1758, French and Indian forces directed from nearby Fort Duquesne were repulsed in an attack on the British outpost
Reconstructed fortifications of Fort Ligonier
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Forbes Expedition
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The Forbes Expedition was a British military campaign to capture Fort Duquesne, led by Brigadier-General John Forbes in 1758, during the French and Indian War. While advancing to the fort, the expedit
Battle of Fort Ligonier
…capture French-controlled Fort Duquesne in the disastrous Braddock Expedition early in the French and Indian War, the British in 1758 finally mounted a second expedition under the command of John Forbes to capture that fort, from which the French and their Indian allies had been organizing raids against British colonial…
George Washington planting the British flag on the ruins of Fort Duquesne during the expedition
Engraving depicting the British arriving at the remains of Fort Duquesne