Battle of the Great Meadows

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The Battle of the Great Meadows was a 1754 early engagement of the French and Indian War in which a young George Washington led British colonial forces in a failed defense against the French at Fort Necessity in present-day Pennsylvania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the French and Indian War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Fort Necessity ⓘ
associatedWith Fort Necessity National Battlefield ⓘ
belligerent British colonial forces ⓘ
French Canadian militia ⓘ
French regular troops ⓘ
Native American allies of France ⓘ
Virginia provincial troops ⓘ
linked to: Virginia militia
campaign Ohio Country campaign of 1754 ⓘ
casualties higher British colonial casualties than French casualties ⓘ
combatantSide British colonial side led by George Washington ⓘ
French and Native American side led by Louis Coulon de Villiers ⓘ
commander George Washington ⓘ
James Mackay ⓘ
Louis Coulon de Villiers ⓘ
conflictType colonial frontier battle ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
date July 3, 1754 ⓘ
fortBuiltBy George Washington ⓘ
hasFortification Fort Necessity ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
Colonial America ⓘ
involvesPerson George Washington ⓘ
James Mackay ⓘ
Louis Coulon de Villiers ⓘ
location British America ⓘ
Fort Necessity ⓘ
Great Meadows ⓘ
present-day Fayette County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
outcome surrender of Fort Necessity by George Washington ⓘ
partOf French and Indian War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Jumonville Glen skirmish ⓘ
linked to: Jumonville affair
relatedPlace Jumonville Glen ⓘ
linked to: Jumonville affair

Ohio River Valley ⓘ
result British colonial defeat ⓘ
French victory ⓘ
significance early engagement of the French and Indian War ⓘ
first major military engagement of George Washington's career ⓘ
helped ignite the wider Seven Years' War ⓘ
terrain meadow and woodland ⓘ
theater Ohio Country ⓘ
treatyOrDocument articles of capitulation signed by George Washington ⓘ
year 1754 ⓘ

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Battle of Fort Necessity → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Great Meadows ⓘ