Dust jacket condition: Good. Moderate wear to extremities. Light cover wear. Introduction JL/EATH WORE FEATHERS AND BRIGHT PAINT OH the afternoon of July 9, 1755, when Major General Edward Braddock and his army of 1,300 men marched into a forest ambush near the Monongahela. Struck by panic at the first fire, the British troops huddled together for more than three hours like a great red bull's-eye, their officers vainly trying to rally them while the French and Indians poured volley after volley into their confused ranks. At last the English broke and ran. The victory accomplished little for the French, since Brad-dock's^objective, Fort Duquesne, quietly fell to the British three years later; but it is one of the most famous battles of history, known to many who never heard of Marathon or Crecy or Saratoga. A handful of French and Indians had almost wiped out a force of tough, superbly trained British regulars, and therein lies the fascination of Braddock's defeat! How could it happen? To explain so great a catastrophe is a challenge to every new generation of historians. "When this story comes to be related in future Annals," wrote Washington, "it will meet with ridicule or indignation; for had I not been witness to the fact on that fatal Day, I sh'd scarce give credit to it now."1 1 Washington to Robert Jackson, Mount Vernon, August 2, 1755, Writings IX 134 pages. Seller Inventory # WB044617

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Title: Braddock's defeat; the journal of Captain ...

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Publication Date: 1959

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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