Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . with the loss of his life. With him were slaintwenty-six out of his eighty-six officers, amongthem Sir Peter Halket; and thirty-seven werewounded including Col. Gage and other fieldofficers. Gage afterwards figured as a general inthe British army, fighting against the was rash, and courted every his secretary was shot dead and both hisEnglish aides were disabled. The battle wasa rout. The regulars we
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . with the loss of his life. With him were slaintwenty-six out of his eighty-six officers, amongthem Sir Peter Halket; and thirty-seven werewounded including Col. Gage and other fieldofficers. Gage afterwards figured as a general inthe British army, fighting against the was rash, and courted every his secretary was shot dead and both hisEnglish aides were disabled. The battle wasa rout. The regulars were panic striken and fled,even fired upon the provincials, mistaking themin the smoke for the enemy. Gen. Braddockhad been in the British service for more thanthirty years and had participated in many severeengagements under the Duke of Cumberland,Although a brave soldier, he was rash and impet-uous and MAJOR GENL. EDWARD BRADDOCK. Braddock had five horses disabled under him. At last, a bullet entered his rightside and he fell mortally wounded. He was with difficulty brought off the field andborne along in the train of the fugitives. All the first day he was silent, but at nighthe roused himself to say—who would have thought it. Dunbar was now in com-mand. On the i2th of July he destroyed the remaining artillery, and burned publicstores and the heavy baggage to the value of a hundred thousand pounds sterling,pleading in excuse, that he had the orders for so doing of the dying general. In mid-summer he evacuated Fort Cumberland and then hurried to Philadelphia for winterquarters. At night Braddock roused again to say, we shall know the next timebetter how to manage them, and died. His grave was made near Fort ended the famous expedition of 1755 against the French and Indians and thefirst days of military glory in Alexandria. Since the occurrence of the events we have
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