Battle of the Monongahela

The Battle of the Monongahela took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War at Braddock's Field in present-day 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.

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1755  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle of Braddock's Field
battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, 

USS Requin, 

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1755 Battle of the Monongahela

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1758 Battle of Fort Duquesne

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1763 Siege of Fort Pitt

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1774 Logan's War

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Braddock’s Field, on the Monongahela – the place of Braddock’s defeat and death, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views

Major-General Braddocks death at the Battle of Monongahela

Braddock's death at the Battle of Monongahela 9-July-1755

Braddock's battle field (NYPL Hades-254415-429641)

At the Battle of the Monongahela in the French and Indian War Major George Washington on a white horse witnesses mortally wounded British General Edward Braddock, July 9, 1755. Painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.

At the Battle of the Monongahela in the French and Indian War Major George Washington on a white horse witnesses mortally wounded British General Edward Braddock, July 9, 1755. Lithograph after a painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.

23-12-074-field

Collections of the Imperial War Museum Q31014

Daniel-Hyancinthe-Marie Liénard de Beaujeu

Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and Indian War, in Virginia in 1755 - John Andrew, sc. LCCN2006691550

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1755	Battle of the Monongahela	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1758	Battle of Fort Duquesne	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1763	Siege of Fort Pitt	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	war	1774	Logan's War	war	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Pittsburgh	heavy cruiser, Baltimore-class cruiser	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1891	Dravo Corporation	shipyard, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Lafayette	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1754	Fort Duquesne	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1759	Fort Pitt	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Requin	preserved watercraft, military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Braddock’s Field, on the Monongahela – the place of Braddock’s defeat and death, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views		Commons
commons	image		Major-General Braddocks death at the Battle of Monongahela		Commons
commons	image		Braddock's death at the Battle of Monongahela 9-July-1755		Commons
commons	image		Braddock's battle field (NYPL Hades-254415-429641)		Commons
commons	image		At the Battle of the Monongahela in the French and Indian War Major George Washington on a white horse witnesses mortally wounded British General Edward Braddock, July 9, 1755. Painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.		Commons
commons	image		At the Battle of the Monongahela in the French and Indian War Major George Washington on a white horse witnesses mortally wounded British General Edward Braddock, July 9, 1755. Lithograph after a painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.		Commons
commons	image		23-12-074-field		Commons
commons	image		Collections of the Imperial War Museum Q31014		Commons
commons	image		Daniel-Hyancinthe-Marie Liénard de Beaujeu		Commons
commons	image		Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and Indian War, in Virginia in 1755 - John Andrew, sc. LCCN2006691550		Commons