As the British work, Coulon approaches Fort Necessity using the road the Virginians have built.

He had arrived at Jumonville's Glen early on the morning of July 3.

Horrified to find several scalped French bodies, he had immediately ordered them to be buried.

Coulon comes within sight of Fort Necessity by 11:00 am.

At this time, the Virginians are digging a trench in the mud.

The pickets fire their muskets and fall back to the fort, whereupon three columns of Canadian soldiers and natives advance downhill towards the fort.

However, Coulon has miscalculated the location of the fort and has advanced with the fort at his right.

As Coulon halts and redeploys his troops, Washington begins to prepare for an attack.

Coulon moves his troops into the woods, within easy musket range of the fort.

Washington knows he has to dislodge the Canadians and natives from this position, and orders an assault with his entire force across the open field.

Seeing the assault coming, Coulon orders his soldiers, led by natives, to charge directly at Washington's line.

Washington orders the men to hold their ground and fire a volley.

Mackay's regulars obey Washington's command, and supported by two swivel cannons, they inflict several casualties on the oncoming natives.

The Virginians, however, flee back to the fort, leaving Washington and the British regulars greatly outnumbered.

Washington orders a retreat back to the fort.

Coulon reforms his troops in the woods.

The Canadians spread out around the clearing and keep up heavy fire on Fort Necessity.

Washington orders his troops to return fire, but they aim too high, inflicting few casualties, and the swivel cannons fare no better.

To add to the garrison's troubles, heavy rain begins to fall in the afternoon, and Washington's troops are unable to continue the firefight because their gunpowder is wet.

Coulon, who does not know when British reinforcements might arrive, sends an officer under a white flag to negotiate.

Washington does not allow the Canadian officer into or near the fort, but sends two of his own men, including his translator Jacob Van Braam, to negotiate.

As negotiations begin, the Virginians, against Washington's orders, break into the fort's liquor supply and get drunk.

Coulon tells Van Braam that all he wants is the surrender of the garrison, and the Virginians can go back to Virginia.

He warns, however, that if they do not surrender now, the natives might storm the fort and scalp the entire garrison.

Van Braam brings this message to Washington, who agrees to these basic terms.

One of Louis Coulon de Villiers' aides then writes down Coulon's surrender terms and gives them to Van Braam, who in turn gives them to Washington.

Washington, who cannot read French, has Van Braam translate it for him, and in the document it says that Jumonville had been "assassinated".

However, Van Braam may have skipped over this word; otherwise Washington would have likely sent it back to Coulon and asked that the word be removed.

Both Washington and Mackay sign the surrender document.