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Battle of Jumonville Glen
Part of the Seven Years' War French and Indian War
Date May 28, 1754 Location Near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania Result British victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great Britain	Kingdom of France
Commanders
George Washington	Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville #
Strength
40
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 2-3 wounded	10 killed, 21 captured

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Prelude

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Battle

On the morning of May 28, 1754, 22-year-old Virginia militia officer Lieutenant Colonel George Washington and the 40 soldiers he commanded attacked the French militia led by Ensign Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville. The British claimed the French discovered their approach and opened fire on them, while the French claimed the British ambushed their encampment. In either event, the battle lasted little more than 15 minutes and was a complete British victory. Ten French soldiers were killed and 21, including Jumonville, who was wounded, were captured. This article is about the U.S. state. ... In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ... Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de Jumonville (8 September 1718 – May 28, 1754) was a French Canadian military officer. ... An ambush is a long established military tactic in which an ambushing force uses concealment to attack an enemy that passes its position. ...

Photo of the battle site in 2007.

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Aftermath

According to the NPS.Gov national park service website of the Fort Necessity Battlefield, Jumonville was killed at the battlefield, and the remaining prisoners were sent back to Williamsburg. Yet according to the History.com, Jumonville is murdered along with almost all of the captured frenchmen, by the senacas. The young frenchman's murder incited a strong french response, and Washington would build his makeshift 'Fort Necessity" for defense from Jumonville's half-brother's command. Washington would surrender on July 4th, and sign a confession - in french, which he could not read - to Jumonville's assassination. This is an intriguing paradox.

It was in reference to the battle at Jumonville Glen that Washington, in a letter to his older brother, made a statement that would later become famous: "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me there is something charming in the sound."

A portion of the battlefield is preserved as a unit of Fort Necessity National Battlefield. Main article: Battle of the Great Meadows Fort Necessity National Battlefield, located near Farmington, Pennsylvania, commemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War (known as the Seven Years War outside of the United States). ...

References

• Anderson, Fred 2000. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766.
• Jennings, Francis. Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America. New York: Norton, 1988. ISBN 0-393-30640-2.

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