The British and their colonists under General Edward Braddock had advanced into the wilderness with a large force of roughly 1500 men in an attempt to capture the French fort at Duquesne.

• 在爱得华布雷多克将军的领导下，一支由英国人和他们的殖民地居民组成的约1500人的大部队进入荒野，试图占领位于杜克斯尼的法军要塞。