11 h, jul 3, 1754 y - Battle of Fort Necessity
Description:
The first large-scale conflict of the French and Indian War, fought between around 300 South Carolinian and Virginian regulars and officers led by Lt. Colonel George Washington and Captain James Mackay and 600 French regulars and Canadien militia and 100 Native American warriors led by Louis Coulon de Villiers.
After the battle of Jumonville Glen, Washington, Tanacharison and their men constructed Fort Necessity at Great Meadows in Pennsylvania, finishing by June 3. Coulon, seeking vengeance for the death of his brother at the Jumonville Glen, found the fort the next month. Coulon's men charged at Washington's line, at which the Virginians promptly ran back into the fort. Unable to inflict meaningful casualties on the French, who had taken cover in the woods nearby, Washington agreed to Coulon's terms of surrender, abandoning the fort.
Casualties;
31 British colonists killed
70 British colonists wounded
3 French/Canadiens/Native Americans killed
19 French/Canadiens/Native Americans wounded
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