The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . officer,marched fromVirginia incommand of addocks expe- an army of English regulars and colonial militia, to drivethe French from Fort Duquesne. Braddock was brave BRADDOCKS DEFEAT. 131. DOTTED LINE SHOWS BRADDOCKSMARCH FROM FORT CUMBERLAND,ON THE POTOMAC, TOWARD FORTDUQUESNE. Braddockattacked. and honest, but harsh andbrutal in manners. Hecould not understand thenature of a war in thewoods. Like other Eng-lish officers of the time,he despised the Americanmilitia and their half-Indian way of fight-ing. He thought
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . officer,marched fromVirginia incommand of addocks expe- an army of English regulars and colonial militia, to drivethe French from Fort Duquesne. Braddock was brave BRADDOCKS DEFEAT. 131. DOTTED LINE SHOWS BRADDOCKSMARCH FROM FORT CUMBERLAND,ON THE POTOMAC, TOWARD FORTDUQUESNE. Braddockattacked. and honest, but harsh andbrutal in manners. Hecould not understand thenature of a war in thewoods. Like other Eng-lish officers of the time,he despised the Americanmilitia and their half-Indian way of fight-ing. He thought it cowardice to skulkbehind a tree or to crouch by a log tofire. He insisted on training the colonialmilitia to fight in European fashion, thoughhis whole march was through a forestwhere it was impossible to form a battalion. When only eight miles from Fort Duquesne, theFrench and Indians attacked Braddocks army. Thescarlet coats and solid ranks of the soldiers, who ad-vanced waving their hats and crying God save theking! made a good target for Indian marksmen, andthe English were mowed down by the deadly fire thatcame from trees and gullies where no enemy was to beseen. The British soldiers, though brave enough, wereunused to such warfare, and unable to do a
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