 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yeFrance neyeIndia payakatanga, Lignery akaita basa rinokosha mukudzivirira kweFrance Nyika yeOhio. Akazvizivisa mukukundwa kwaBraddock muna 1755, umo kambani yake yakabata nzvimbo yeFrance apo maIndia nemauto eCanada vakaunganidzwa pakutanga muhondo. Nokuda kwebasa rake muhondo iye akapiwa muchinjikwa weSaint Louis. Akapiwa mutungamiri wemauto weOhio Country yose muna 1756, akashandisa Fort Duquesne senzvimbo yokushungurudza nzvimbo dzeBritish muVirginia nePennsylvania. Muna 1758 akabata zvakawanda zveuto reBritain raitungamirirwa naJames Grant iro rakaedza kutora Fort Duquesne. Zvinosuruvarisa, simba raakatumira kunorwisa mauto aJohn Forbes rakadzoserwa, uye akasarudza muna November 1758 kusiya uye kuparadza Duquesne apo zvakava pachena kuti simba raForbes rakanga rakanyanya kudarika rake. 