Battle of Fort Ligonier

Battle of Fort Ligonier
Part of the French and Indian War
Plan of Fort Ligonier from an 1896 publication
Plan of Fort Ligonier from an 1896 publication
Date12 October 1758
Location
present-day Ligonier, Pennsylvania
40°14′27″N 79°14′16″W / 40.24083°N 79.23778°W / 40.24083; -79.23778
Result British victory
Belligerents
 France
New France Colony of Canada		  Great Britain
British America
Commanders and leaders
Captain Charles Philippe Aubry[1] Colonel James Burd
Strength
440 troupes de la marine and militia
150 Delaware Indians[1]		 Over 2,000 regulars and militia[2]
Casualties and losses
Light[3] 12 killed
18 wounded
31 missing[4]

The Battle of Fort Ligonier (also known as the Battle of Loyalhanna or the Battle of Loyal Hannon) was a battle of the French and Indian War. On 12 October 1758, French and Indian forces directed from nearby Fort Duquesne were repulsed in an attack on the British outpost of Fort Ligonier, then still under construction.

  1. ^ a b James et al, p. 51. James notes that Burd's estimate of French strength was notably higher.
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