Battle of Bloody Run

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Date	July 31, 1763
Location	near present Detroit, Michigan
Result	American Indian victory

Belligerents

Pontiac's confederacy

Great Britain

Commanders

Pontiac

Captain James Dalyell†
Major Robert Rogers

Strength

~300

250

Casualties and losses

~7 killed
~12 wounded

~20 killed
~34 wounded

v • d • e Pontiac's Rebellion

Fort Detroit – Fort Pitt – Bloody Run – Bushy Run – Devil's Hole

The Battle of Bloody Run was fought during Pontiac's Rebellion on July 31, 1763. In an attempt to break Pontiac's siege of Fort Detroit, about 250 British troops attempted to make a surprise attack on Pontiac's encampment.

Pontiac was ready and waiting, possibly alerted by French settlers, and defeated the British at Parent's Creek two miles (3 km) north of the fort. However, he did not accomplish the destruction of this British force which would have greatly demoralized the British and dissuaded more British efforts to break the Indian siege of Fort Detroit. The creek, or run, was said to have run red with the blood of the 20 dead and 34 wounded British soldiers and was henceforth known as Bloody Run. The attack's commander, Captain James Dalyell was one of those killed. After learning of Dalyell's death, General Jeffrey Amherst offered a £200 bounty to anyone who would kill Pontiac.

The famous frontiersman Robert Rogers was one of the British commanders in the battle.