The French and Indian War begins: Near the confluence of the Ohio, Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, of the Militia of Virginia, commanding a battalion of subject-volunteers, defeats a French scouting party, commanded by Ensign Joseph Coulon de Jumonville.
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References:
Washington attacks French scouting party, May 28, 1754 – POLITICO
www.politico.com/story/2010/05/washington-attacks-french-scouting-party-may-28-1754-037887
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