Battle of Bushy Run - wikipedia Battle of Bushy Run Coordinates : 40 ° 21 ′ 20 '' N 79 ° 37 ′ 25 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.35556 ° N 79.62361 ° W ﻿ / 40.35556 ; - 79.62361 Battle of Bushy Run Part of Pontiac 's Rebellion Date August 5 -- 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 42nd Highlanders : Lieutenants John Graham and James McIntosh killed One sergeant and twenty - six rank and file killed Captain John Graham of Duchray and Lieutenant Duncan Campbell wounded Two sergeants, two drummers and thirty rank and file wounded 77th Highlanders : six killed 1 / 60th Royal Americans : seven killed Eight civilians and volunteers killed Pontiac 's Rebellion Fort Detroit Point Pelee Fort Pitt Bloody Run Bushy Run Devil 's Hole 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. Contents 1 The battle 2 Aftermath 3 References 3.1 Printed materials 4 External links 4.1 Footnotes The battle This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2014 ) 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. Concrete flour bags at the Bushy Run Battlefield monument on Edge Hill. According to one account, the allied tribes attacked in the morning, but were themselves ambushed by the sentries relieved from their evening duty. With the surprise attack of the sentries, from a flank, and a frontal assault by the main British column, the outnumbered Indians fled in a disorganized retreat. A second account holds that the warriors attacked in the morning and `` redoubled their efforts to break the British line. '' As the tribesmen became bolder, Bouquet realized the combat was nearing a crisis. Determined to lure his attackers close enough to maim them, the British leader deliberately weakened one section of his line. Spotting the gap in the enemy defenses, the native warriors rushed forward. Instead, the British soldiers fired a volley in their faces and `` made terrible havock '' with the bayonet. The surviving warriors fled and were unable to rally. This account concurs with that written by Richard Cannon in 1845 in the history of the 42nd Highlanders Regiment in which it says that the Colonel of the regiment called in his posts as if about to retreat and the Indians believing that they had victory rushed forward from behind their cover becoming fully exposed. They were then instantly charged in the front and in the flank, by two companies of the 42nd Highlanders, and were thrown into confusion and routed. Having dispersed its attackers, Bouquet 's column headed to Bushy Run, a mile along the Forbes road, where there was badly needed water. The battle has since been attributed to the Bushy Run location, despite the main fighting taking place in Edge Hill. Bouquet then marched to the relief of Fort Pitt. Aftermath Memorial plaque to John Peebles who was wounded at the Battle of Bushy Run. The battle cost the lives of 50 British soldiers, including 29 of the 42nd Highlanders, seven of the 1 / 60th Royal Americans, six of the 77th Highlanders, and eight civilians and volunteers. The confederacy of the Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron suffered an unknown number of casualties, which includes two prominent Delaware chiefs ; estimates by contemporaries placed the total Indian loss at about 60. The warrior Killbuck later told Sir William Johnson that only 110 Indians were engaged. Bouquet estimated he fought an equal number as his own force. One contemporary report claimed 20 Indians were killed and many more wounded. The result of the battle inspired in the British `` widespread relief on the frontier '', since the Indians had finally been defeated on their own ground, prompting one newspaper to exclaim, `` that Indians are no more invulnerable than other Men, when attacked on equal Terms, and especially by British Troops. '' The site of the battle is now Bushy Run Battlefield Park. References Printed materials Brumwell, Stephen. Redcoats : The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755 - 1763. NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0 - 521 - 80783 - 2 Nester, William R. `` Haughty Conquerors '' : Amherst and the Great Indian Uprising of 1763. Westport, Connecticut : Praeger, 2000. ISBN 0 - 275 - 96770 - 0. Warren and son, Lieut - General Sir Edward Hutton. Colonel Henry Bouquet : A Biographical Sketch. 1911 External links `` Broken Promises, Broken Dreams : North America 's Forgotten Conflict at Bushy Run Battlefield '' ( article originally from Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine ) `` Battle of Bushy Run '' from mohicanpress.com Footnotes ^ Jump up to : Brumwell, p 220 Jump up ^ Profiles in American History : Exploration to Revolution ; Joyce Moss and George Wilson ; UXL, 1993 ; Pg. 149 ^ Jump up to : Cannon, Richard. ( 1845 ). Historical record of the Forty - second, or, the Royal Highland Regiment of Foot : containing an account of the formation of six companies of Highlanders in 1729... and were regimented in 1739 and of the subsequent services of the regiment to 1844. p. 60 ^ Jump up to : Warren and son, p. 24. Jump up ^ `` Colonel Henry Bouquet a biographical sketch : '' Lieut - General Sir Edward Hutton Warren and son 1911. p 22. Jump up ^ Brumwell, pp 220 - 221 Jump up ^ Warren and son, p. 24 Jump up ^ Brumwell, p 221 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bushy_Run&oldid=826992518 '' Categories : Battles of Pontiac 's War History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Battles in Pennsylvania Conflicts in 1763 1763 in Pennsylvania 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies Hidden categories : Coordinates on Wikidata Articles needing additional references from August 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 22 February 2018, at 03 : 54. About Wikipedia

Question: who was fighting in the battle of bushy run
Answer: a British column under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet and a combined force of Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron warriors