Battle of Fort Necessity
The Battle of Fort Necessity (also called the Battle of the Great Meadows) took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now the mountaintop hamlet of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender. The battle, along with the May 28 Battle of Jumonville Glen, contributed to a series of military escalations that resulted in the global Seven Years' War.
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Battle of Fort Necessity
The Battle of Fort Necessity (also called the Battle of the Great Meadows) took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now the mountaintop hamlet of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender. The battle, along with the May 28 Battle of Jumonville Glen, contributed to a series of military escalations that resulted in the global Seven Years' War.
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Bataille de Fort NecessityFich ...... carrière de George Washington.
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Bitwa nad Great Meadows (zwana ...... ki front wojny siedmioletniej.
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La batalla de Great Meadows, t ...... Washington en su vida militar.
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La battaglia di Great Meadows, ...... a di Fayette, in Pennsylvania.
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The Battle of Fort Necessity ( ...... udes of the Allegheny Plateau.
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ネセシティ砦の戦い(Battle of Fort Neces ...... トレイルの西、そして、ファイエット郡の他の地域に通じていた。
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369 captured (70 of whom WIA)
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*British America
Colony of Canada
French-allied natives (Hurons,Ottawas,Nipissings, et al.)
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1754-07-03
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French & Native American victory
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100 regulars
300 militia
600 regulars, militia and Indians
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The modern replica of Fort Necessity
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Bataille de Fort NecessityFich ...... eissen (1759) · Landshut (1760
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Bitwa nad Great Meadows (zwana ...... ki front wojny siedmioletniej.
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La batalla de Great Meadows, t ...... Washington en su vida militar.
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La battaglia di Great Meadows, ...... a di Fayette, in Pennsylvania.
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The Battle of Fort Necessity ( ...... n the global Seven Years' War.
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ネセシティ砦の戦い(Battle of Fort Neces ...... トレイルの西、そして、ファイエット郡の他の地域に通じていた。
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Bataille de Fort Necessity
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Batalla de Great Meadows
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Battaglia di Fort Necessity
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Battle of Fort Necessity
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Bitwa nad Great Meadows
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ネセシティ砦の戦い
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Battle of Fort Necessity
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