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The Battle of Fort Necessity (also called the Battle of the Great Meadows) took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now the mountaintop hamlet of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender.

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  • The Battle of Fort Necessity (also called the Battle of the Great Meadows) took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now the mountaintop hamlet of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender.
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  • Battle of Fort Necessity
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  • 31 killed
  • 369 captured (70 of whom WIA)
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  • *British America
  • Colony of Canada
  • French-allied natives (Hurons,Ottawas,Nipissings, et al.)
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  • French & Native American victory
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  • 300 militia
  • 100 regulars
  • 600 regulars, militia and Indians
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