Fort Duquesne

American  

noun

1. a French fort that stood on the site of Pittsburgh, Pa.: captured in 1758 by the British in the French and Indian War.

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Example Sentences

Detectives concede Dakota as easily could have gotten in a car on Fort Duquesne Boulevard as he could have fallen into the 41-degree river.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2017

Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh are hardly rivals, although they were birthed, so to speak, by two generals — George Washington and Scotsman John Forbes, who defeated the French at Fort Duquesne, respectively.

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2016

This reconstructed fort is the site from which Gen. John Forbes staged the British attack on Fort Duquesne.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2016

In 1755, the British returned to the area in the hope of capturing Fort Duquesne.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

For the moment Forbes' chief care was to build at once on the site of Fort Duquesne a temporary stockade, which could be held by a small garrison through the winter.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood