Bushy Run

Battle of Bushy Run

Date	August 5 – August 6, 1763
Location	near present-day Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Result	British victory

Belligerents

Ohio Country natives

Great Britain

Commanders and leaders

Guyasuta
Keekyuscung †

Henry Bouquet

Strength

110-500

500

Casualties and losses

20-60 killed

50 killed,
60 wounded,
15 missing

Coordinates: 40°21′20″N 79°37′25″W / 40.35556°N 79.62361°W / 40.35556; -79.62361

The Battle of Bushy Run was fought on August 5-6, 1763, in western Pennsylvania, between a British column under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet and a combined force of Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron warriors. This action occurred during Pontiac's Rebellion. Though the British suffered serious losses, they routed the tribesmen and successfully relieved the garrison of Fort Pitt.

In July 1763, a relief column of 500 British soldiers, including the 42nd Highlanders, 60th Royal Americans, and 77th Highlanders, left Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to relieve Fort Pitt, then under siege. Indian scouts observed Bouquet's army marching west along Forbes Road and reported this to the Indians surrounding Fort Pitt. On August 5, at about 1:00 pm, a part of the force besieging Fort Pitt ambushed the British column one mile east of Bushy Run Station, at Edge Hill. The British managed to hold their ground until after sunset, when the natives withdrew. Bouquet ordered a redoubt constructed on Edge Hill, and the British placed their wounded and livestock in the center of the perimeter.

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