Colonel Bouquet’s army left Ligonier on August 4th, 1763, made twelve miles progress, and stopped to camp along the road. On August 5th, Bouquet resumed his march and proceeded to within one mile of Bushy Run Station when Native Americans attacked the front of his column. Using traditional fighting tactics described by contemporaries as “a kind of running fight,” the Natives darted through the woods attacking the British. The British attempted to charge Native positions, but the Natives slipped away to another position. By late afternoon Bouquet and his soldiers had retreated to the high ground of Edge Hill to create a defensive position. The fighting continued until nightfall, when the battlefield fell silent. Having lost more than 60 men, Bouquet knew he only had until morning to change his desperate situation.