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	Braddock expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Braddock expedition (also called "Braddock's campaign") was a failed British attempt to capture the French Fort Duquesne in the summer of 1755 during the French and Indian War.
		Braddock's defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela was a major setback for the British in the early stages of the war with France.
		Braddock died of his wounds during the long retreat, on July 13, and is buried within the Fort Necessity parklands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Braddock_Expedition (1663 words)

	Fort Necessity National Battlefield - The Braddock Campaign (U.S. National Park Service) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Braddock decided to follow the road Washington had blazed over the mountains on his way to Fort Necessity the previous year.
		Finally the army was split in two with Braddock moving ahead with the bulk of the men and a few pieces of artillery.
		Finally, as Braddock was carried from the field severely wounded, the surviving British fled.
	www.nps.gov /fone/braddock.htm (706 words)

	Braddock, Edward - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BRADDOCK, EDWARD [Braddock, Edward] 1695-1755, British general in the French and Indian War (see under French and Indian Wars).
		Although he had seen little active campaigning before 1754, Braddock was reputed to have a good knowledge of European military tactics and was noted as a stern disciplinarian.
		Braddock himself had four horses shot from under him before he was mortally wounded.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-braddocke.html (519 words)

	1755 Braddock's Defeat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An expedition of Virginians under the command of their youthful leader, Major George Washington, had a sharp encounter with the enemy in 1754; and then the English government determined to assert its authority by an overwhelming force.
		Braddock had turned from the first bottom to the second, and mounting to its brown was about to pass around the head of the ravines to avoid the little morass caused by the water-course before described.
		In the mean time Braddock, whose extreme rear had not yet left the river's bank, hearing the uproar in advance, ordered Burton to press forward with the vanguard, and the rest of the line to halt; thus leaving Halket with four hundred men to protect the baggage while eight hundred engaged the enemy.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/documents/1755braddock.htm (5788 words)

	DUQUESNE AND ACADIA
		Braddock had come to be commander in chief of the English and American forces against the rising enemy on the north and west.
		Braddock heard the firing and came with all speed with the main army; but he knew nothing of Indian warfare, and he was too proud to learn.
		Braddock dashed to and fro like a madman, and at last, when his army had stood this frightful slaughter for three hours and more than two thirds of it was cut down, he ordered a retreat.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/colonial/book/chap9_2.html (3211 words)

	The Braddock Expedition of 1755: Catastrophe in the Wilderness : Historical Society of Pennsylvania
		The Braddock Expedition of 1755: Catastrophe in the Wilderness
		Braddockâs expedition had assembled in Alexandria, Virginia, in March 1755, under the command of a man who was 60 years old and a lifetime soldier, but who had no combat experience or knowledge of the geography, politics, or people of the North American colonies.
		Little visited, Braddockâs grave, on the 250th anniversary of his death, is a good place to reflect on the man, his road, and their impact on the future of western Pennsylvania and the nation.
	www.hsp.org /default.aspx?id=622 (2147 words)

	Canadian Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The general consensus now is that Braddock's debacle was precipitated in large part by his critical neglect on the day of battle to observe the fundamental rules of war laid down in the European manuals of the day.
		British commanders after Braddock found that war in North America was essentially one of geography with such vast problems of communication and supply that their principal task of generalship was simply in moving a force of moderate size into contact with the enemy.
		Braddock's successor was John Campbell, Earl of Loudon, a Highlander officer well-versed in irregular warfare from service during the Jacobite Rebellion.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/scotreg/mcculloch/story5.htm (7285 words)

	Braddock's defeat Battle of Monongahela river
		Braddock was influenced by a cabal of young officers headed by his aide de camp Captain Robert Orme.
		Braddock took a force of 1,500 men with some supplies in what Washington hoped would be a rush to the French fort.
		The expedition was plagued by the shortage of supplies and by this time the troops were near to starvation, suffering from scurvy through living on salt beef provided by the Royal Navy.
	www.britishbattles.com /braddock.htm (3364 words)

	Edward Braddock
		General Braddock was buried in the middle of the road near Fort Necessity to avoid his body's detection by the Indians.
		When Braddock heard that not more than twenty-five wagons could be procured for the use of the army, he declared that the expedition should not start.
		The expedition made slow progress, but at last drew near the fort, and crossed the Monongahela in regular order ; the drums were beating, the fifes playing, the colors flying, and their bayonets glittered in the sun.
	www.famousamericans.net /edwardbraddock (1238 words)

	USMHWeb24
		Braddock, hearing the exchange, hurried forward with a column, but was met with Gage's men falling back toward the artillery.
		Braddock failed to order his artillery to advance; if he had brought them up to the front and scoured the woods, the battle might have ended differently.
		Braddock was eventually hit by a bullet that went through his arm and lungs.
	www.motherbedford.com /USMHWeb24.htm (3239 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Braddock's army clashed with a mixed force of French Marines, Canadian militia and Native tribes about 8 miles from Fort Duquesne on July 9, 1755.
		Braddock's losses are thought to have been about two thirds of his "flying column" (the detatchment of men at the front of the supply train), including Sir Peter Halkett, commander of the 44th (sixty three of eighty six officers engaged were casualties).
		Braddock himself was mortally wounded and subseqently died on the retreat.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/virginiaregiment/Braddocksforces.html (437 words)

	History of the Braddock District - Fairfax County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Besides his British troops, nearly 500 Virginians were with Braddock when he started on the march, but he did not care much for these, nor for the help of Indians.
		On July 9, 1755 General Braddock's army was met near Fort Duquesne by a party of Canadians and Indians under Captain Beaujeau.
		A legend tells of General Braddock's remains being buried (and, later discovered by road crews) in the middle of his road.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /braddock/general.htm (556 words)

	General George Washington's Great Secret - The Man Who Twizzled America - Mathew J. Bowyer, Denlinger's Publishers and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rejoining the remains of the Expedition, Abba is present when the General dies, after the old man gives to him his "twizzle" baton and requests he return to London and visit the Commandant of the Tower, for an important, secret message.
		And, that Braddock's Expedition was a "proprietary" venture, in that the General had been given a grant of money, with the proviso that any extra cost he would have to bear and any unexpended funds would be his.
		The author, in his retracking Braddock's steps of 1755, before the existence of the United States, did not find the treasure, only unearthing artifacts such as Indian arrowheads and spent bullets (‘minnie balls') from the United States Civil War (1861-1865) However, his prize was this story.
	www.thebookden.com /ggw1.html (2225 words)

	How to Spell Pittsburgh: "I Have Called the Place Pittsburgh"
		Braddock is immortal through defeat, but his name eternal as human things are because it has been applied to a great industrial community and in that application suggestive of mighty works and wonderful accomplishments.
		The fame of the modern town of Braddock, that has spread far beyond the locus of the battle, is such that every detail of the strange contest maintains an absorbing interest.
		But notwithstanding these kind assurances, it was with gloomy feelings that Washington saw the troops depart, fearful he might not be able to rejoin them in time for the attack upon the fort, which, he assured his brother aide-de-camp, he would not miss for five hundred pounds.
	www.clpgh.org /exhibit/apology9.html (11520 words)

	'Season of Braddock' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		In Braddock, Allegheny County, a celebration of the Battle of the Monongahela, the conclusion of Braddock's expedition, will be held July 9.
		Braddock's expedition introduced into history figures like George Washington and Daniel Boone, who were among the nearly 2,400 men led by the British general.
		Braddock's forces spent two months toiling along the Indian trail from Cumberland, Md., toward the forks of the Ohio River, with the goal of seizing Fort Duquesne from the French.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/regional/s_344539.html (1119 words)

	Braddock's March Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Braddock Road Chronicles, 1755; compiled by Andrew J. Wahll; Heritage Books, Inc. This is a compilation of several journals of the march arranged in chronological order so the reader can follow the march day by day.
		This is a very well researched study of the topic of what currency and/or gold Braddock's army may have had with it and what may have happened to it after the defeat.
		Washingtons Expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock's Expedition (1755) With history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock; by James Hadden; Uniontown, PA, 1910.
	www.fortedwards.org /braddock/biblio.htm (864 words)

	History of Route 40 - John Kennedy Lacock's Braddock's Road
		Of Braddock's relations with the Indians there are many conflicting stories; but a careful examination of the most trustworthy accounts will convince an impartial investigator that there is no basis in fact for the charge, often made, that his conduct toward them was impolite and unjust.
		It is noteworthy that the road which Braddock made followed very closely the course of the so-called Nemacolin Indian trail,[9] and that it was used as a pioneer road as far west as Jumonville until late in the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
		The methods employed by Braddock's engineers in laying out the road indicate that its course was probably that afterwards followed by the National turnpike to a point near the northwest corner of the Alleghany Grove Camp Ground,[24] just beyond which and south of the turnpike is a distinct hollow or trench.
	www.route40.net /history/braddock-lacock-2.shtml (2058 words)

	2000 Expedition
		The following year General Braddock was given the task of destroying the French Fort Duquesne, which is now the city of Pittsburgh PA. Ambushed near the fort, Braddock lost almost a thousand men dead or wounded.
		Braddock himself was fatally wounded in the battle.
		Armstrong was tasked with a mission to raid and destroy the Delaware Indian town of Kittanning in retaliation for the countless raids brought upon the colony of Pennsylvania.
	reenacting.net /kittanning2006/2000_expedition.htm (5212 words)

	The Winchester Star-Braddock’s Road: A Winding Path Into History . . . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is a curiosity, the prevalance of the name Braddock in these parts — and one made all the more curious when you realize such notoriety is borne of a defeat numbingly disastrous.
		Still, the tale of Braddock and his men, however tragic, is also notable for its quantities of endurance, perseverance, fortitude, and, at times, raw courage.
		Whether it pre-dates the Braddock expedition is a matter of conjecture; what is known is that Braddock’s men camped there on the way to Fort Duquesne — and that stragglers from this army took relief from the same spring on the retreat back to Virginia a few months hence.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/020831/Front_road.asp (1966 words)

	Braddock Carnegie Library: History
		On July 9, 1755, General Edward Braddock, leading an army comprised of British regulars and Colonial recruits, was enroute to capture Fort Duquesne, at the mouth of the Ohio River.
		Braddock's army, consisting of approximately 2,000 officers and men (about 500 of whom were colonials) was in the final stage of a difficult 110 mile march from Fort Cumberland, Maryland.
		In addition to being the organizing force behind saving the Braddock Carnegie Library, the Braddock’s Field Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the history surrounding General Braddock and the French and Indian War.
	www.einetwork.net /ein/braddock/History_Museum.htm (309 words)

	Carlyle House Historic Park: History: The House and the Site: Braddock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Braddock convened the colonial governors to discuss the financing of an upcoming campaign against the French.
		Braddock asked the governors to collect funds from the colonial assemblies for the expedition.
		The ensuing debate over the financing of the campaign was one of the earliest examples of the friction between Britain and her American colonies which would eventually result in the American Revolution.
	www.carlylehouse.org /history/braddock.html (218 words)

	[No title]
		Manders, Eric I. "Braddock's Troops, 1755: The 44th and 48th Regiments of Foot." Military Collector and Historian, 14 (Spring 1962), pp.
		"The Braddock Expedition, 1754-1755." Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University,.
		Yaple, Robert L. "Braddock's Defeat: The Theories and a Reconsideration." Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 46 (Winter 1968), pp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/colon/ficol.htm (4180 words)

	French and Indian War—Part II
		A career officer with little battlefield experience, Gen. Edward Braddock and two regular British regiments were sent from England, to be joined by provincial troops from Virginia and Maryland.
		George Washington, useful because of his familiarity with the country and the Indians, accompanied the expedition as a special aide to the commander.
		This contemporary map of Braddock's defeat, probably drawn by a participant, gives a sense of the way difficult terrain and surprise conspired to defeat an army far superior in numbers to the force that attacked it.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Exhibits/g.washington/case.08/case08.html (526 words)

	General Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian war
		IN January, 1755, General Braddock was despatched from Ireland, with two regiments of infantry, to co-operate with the Virginian forces in recovering the command of the Ohio.
		The orders brought by Braddock divested the colonial generals and field-officers of all rank while serving with British officers of the same grade, and made company officers subordinate to those of the regular army.
		General Braddock, under the particular charge of Captain Stewart of the Virginia forces, was at first conveyed in a tumbril; afterwards he was placed on horseback, but being unable to ride, he was obliged to be carried by soldiers.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_I/generalbr_ei.html (2084 words)

	The History of An Expedition Against Fort Duquesne, in 1755
		It was a sunny afternoon that July 9, 1755, as Gen. Braddock watched his nearly 1,400 troops cross the Monongahela River for a second time on route to Fort Duquesne to do battle with the French and Indians:there, to once and for all, chase them from the landscape of the Forks of The Ohio.
		Little was Gen. Braddock to know that by days end, he would lay mortally wounded, almost 1,000 of his men would either be dead or wounded, and the remnants of his once proud army would be in full retreat to Dunbar's Camp some 40 miles to the rear.
		The Braddock expedition and evenual disaster is one of the great mysteries of Colonial America.
	www.lordnelsons.com /bookstore/36.htm (491 words)

	Pennsylvania Department: How to Spell Pittsburgh: "I Have Called the Place..."
		Gates, however, was a native of England, and though with Braddock as a colonial, served in the British army before coming to America.
		The next year, before his departure on the expedition to the Muskingum country, he had erected outside the main walls of Fort Pitt the pentagon shaped little blockhouse that has remained to us.
		It was intended as an outpost for riflemen to prevent surprise by any enemies entering within the outer fortifications by reason of low water in the rivers and the draining of the ditches.
	www.info-ren.org /projects/btul/exhibit/hname8.html (14980 words)

	Westmoreland County Historical Society
		In June and July of 1755, Major General Edward Braddock and his expedition of British and American troops traversed approximately 100 miles of American wilderness starting from their base at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, and ending at Braddock’s Field in Braddock, Pennsylvania.
		As Braddock’s doomed force of 1,300 cut and blasted their way through the forests of Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, they met increasing resistance from the French and Indians.
		The final days of Braddock’s expedition, the greatest European military adventure in America to that time, were filled with drama.
	www.starofthewest.org /html/vtrail.html (647 words)

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