Battle of Fort Duquesne

Battle of Fort Duquesne
Date	September 14, 1758
Location	Fort Duquesne, site of present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania40°26′29.86″N 80°00′39.40″W / 40.4416278°N 80.0109444°W
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France Colony of Canada; Natives	Great Britain British America;
Commanders and leaders
François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery	James Grant (POW); John Forbes
Strength
500 natives and militia	400 regulars; 350 militia
Casualties and losses
8 killed;; 8 wounded	104 killed;; 220 wounded;; 18 captured

The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the French-controlled Fort Duquesne (later the site of Pittsburgh) 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.