. The wonderful story of Washington and the meaning of his life for the youth and patriotism of America . In writing to his half-brother, Augustine, he said,As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, acircumstantial account of my death and dying speech,I take this early opportunity of contradicting thefirst, and of assuring you that I have not composedthe latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations ofProvidence, I have been protected beyond all humanprobability, or expectation; for I had four bulletsthrough my coat, and two horses shot under me, yetescaped unhurt, though death was lev
. The wonderful story of Washington and the meaning of his life for the youth and patriotism of America . In writing to his half-brother, Augustine, he said,As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, acircumstantial account of my death and dying speech,I take this early opportunity of contradicting thefirst, and of assuring you that I have not composedthe latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations ofProvidence, I have been protected beyond all humanprobability, or expectation; for I had four bulletsthrough my coat, and two horses shot under me, yetescaped unhurt, though death was levelling my com-panions on every side of me! The defeat of Braddock, we may safely set downas one of the most extensive liberating forces in thenew world. It struck out of the minds of the colo-nists the respect and fear which held them captive tothe mastery of hands from across the sea. The dis-aster was not only a rout and a slaughter but it wasat last revealed as a military disgrace and an inex-cusable blunder. The commander of Fort Duquesne had only ahandful of men. He was fully decided on either. Washington in Command. THE STRUGGLE FOR FORT DUQUESNE 51 abandoning the fort at once, or in surrendering onthe best terms he could get, when Captain de Beaujeuobtained leave to take two hundred and eighteenFrench soldiers and six hundred and thirty Indians,eight hundred and thirty-five in all, for the purposeof delaying the British advance by ambush. Theseforest rangers met Braddocks twelve hundred selectsoldiers, and threw them back in such a panic that,when the commander, Dunbar, reached Fort Cumber-land, where there were fiften hundred more seasonedtroops, no stand was made, but the flight was con-tinued on to Philadelphia. Washingtons intimate associate, Dr. Hugh Mer-cer, was so severely wounded in the shoulder that hecould not keep up with the fugitives. He hid in afallen tree and witnessed the terrible scenes of thebattlefield after the soldiers had fled. The woundedwere tortu
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