La Balme's Defeat

La Balme's Defeat
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Historical marker commemorating the battle
Date	5 November 1780
Location	Ohio Country
Result	Miami victory
Belligerents
Miami	France
Commanders and leaders
Little Turtle	La Balme †
Strength
Unknown	104 irregulars
Casualties and losses
5 killed	30–40 killed

LaBalme's Defeat was a military engagement which occurred on November 6, 1780, between a force of Canadien settlers under the command of French officer Augustin de La Balme and British-allied Miami warriors led by chief Little Turtle during the American Revolutionary War. La Balme had led the hastily recruited force of irregulars to attack British-held Fort Detroit, but was ambushed by a group of Miami warriors after sacking their town of Kekionga on the way. The victory led Little Turtle to become well known on the American frontier, a reputation which would develop during the Northwest Indian War.

^ Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana: a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River. Vol. 1. Robert O. Law Co. p. 78. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[1] Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana: a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River. Vol. 1. Robert O. Law Co. p. 78. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

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