Question: who was sent to britain to get them to remove their troops from the ohio valley

title: Battle of Fort Duquesne
text: The French and Indian force was in fact much larger than anticipated , and moved swiftly . They overwhelmed McDonald 's decoy force and overran the party that had been meant to ambush them . Lewis 's force left its ambush positions and went to the aid of the rest of the force but the French and Indians had by then gained a point of high ground above them and forced them to retire . The Indians used the forest to their advantage ; `` concealed by a thick foliage , their heavy and destructive fire could not be returned with any effect '' . In the one - sided battle in the woods , the British and American force suffered 342 casualties , of whom 232 were from the 77th Regiment , including Grant , who was taken prisoner . Out of the eight officers in Andrew Lewis 's Virginian contingent , 5 were killed , 1 was wounded and Lewis himself was captured . Nevertheless , most of Grant 's force escaped to rejoin the main army under Forbes and Bouquet . The Franco - Indian force suffered only 8 killed and 8 wounded .