The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock_Expedition" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Braddock Expedition">Braddock Expedition</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Monongahela" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Monongahela">soundly defeated</a> by a smaller French and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> force in its attempt to capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Duquesne" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fort Duquesne">Fort Duquesne</a> in what is now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Pittsburgh" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Downtown Pittsburgh">downtown Pittsburgh</a>.