Editor and writer for an undisclosed publication. Auguste Piccard and Frank Wilhoit stan. Pope Sixtus VI papal name advocate. He/him.
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"May 28 Washington commanded an ambush. His small force of Virginians and Indian allies[c][27] killed the French, including their commander Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, who had been carrying a diplomatic message for the British. The French later found their countrymen dead and scalped, blaming Washington, who had retreated to Fort Necessity.[28]
The rest of the Virginia Regiment joined Washington the following month with news that he had been promoted to the rank of colonel and given command of the full regiment. They were reinforced by an independent company of a hundred South Carolinians led by Captain James Mackay; his royal commission outranked Washington's and a conflict of command ensued. On July 3, 900 French soldiers attacked Fort Necessity, and the ensuing battle ended in Washington's surrender.[29] Washington did not speak French, but signed a surrender document in which he unwittingly took responsibility for "assassinating" Jumonville, later blaming the translator for not properly translating it.[30] The Virginia Regiment was divided and Washington was"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ntjqkq7dnryedboki5u3ey5c/bafkreib3x42urwrsh5x6zwmwqaurdkz5n4fwyhedvv7nrsl2dpdu7qnocq)
Editor and writer for an undisclosed publication. Auguste Piccard and Frank Wilhoit stan. Pope Sixtus VI papal name advocate. He/him.