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Battle of Fort Duquesne

1758 battle during the French and Indian War

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Source revisionAug 21, 2026
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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 destroyed by the French and their native allies led by François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery.

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“Battle of Fort Duquesne” enters the record as 1758 battle during the French and Indian War. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Battle, Fort and Duquesne can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1758.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of Fort Duquesne” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.