Everything about The Battle Of Jumonville Glen totally explained
The
Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the
Jumonville affair, was a battle of the
French and Indian War (
Seven Years' War) fought on
May 28,
1754 near what is present-day
Uniontown in
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania. Along with the
Battle of the Great Meadows (or Battle of Fort Necessity), it's considered the opening shots of the French and Indian War which would spread to Europe and become the
Seven Years' War.
Prelude
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.
Aftermath
After the battle, Washington lost control of his troops and they massacred their prisoners, killing all but one of the wounded. The wounded French commander Jumonville told Washington he'd been sent as a peaceful emissary on behalf of
Louis XV. The response from Washington's Indian ally,
Seneca chief
Tanaghrisson, was to cleave open Ensign Jumonville's skull with his hatchet saying,
"Vous n'êtes pas mort encore mon père!" ("You are not dead yet my father!") He then washed his hands in the Frenchman's braincase. Tanaghrisson's act is considered a carefully calculated outrage to ignite war.
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's something charming in the sound."
A portion of the battlefield is preserved as a unit of
Fort Necessity National Battlefield.
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