Battle of Fort Ligonier

Battle of Fort Ligonier
	Part of the French and Indian War
	; Plan of Fort Ligonier from an 1896 publication
Date	12 October 1758
Location	present-day Ligonier, Pennsylvania40°14′27″N 79°14′16″W / 40.24083°N 79.23778°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
France; Colony of Canada	Great Britain; British America
Commanders and leaders
Captain Charles Philippe Aubry	Colonel James Burd
Strength
440 troupes de la marine and militia; 150 Delaware Indians	over 2,000 regulars and militia
Casualties and losses
Light	12 killed; 18 wounded; 31 missing

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.

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