Monongahela 1754-55
Washington's defeat, Braddock's disaster

Author: Rene Chartrand
Illustrator: Stephen Walsh

About this book
On 9 July 1755 amid the wilderness of North America, Britain suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in her history. General Braddock's army, a mixture of British regulars and American militia, was shattered, losing over 900 men from a force of 1,300. Braddock was killed and the remnants of his army rescued by his aide, Colonel George Washington. The origins of this defeat can be traced back to the death of a junior French officer little more than a year before in a relatively minor skirmish with a party of Virginian militia commanded by the same George Washington. Rene Chartrand examines the subsequent chain of events that ultimately sparked a world war.

Contents

• Origins of the Campaign
• Chronology
• Opposing Commanders
• Opposing Armies
• Opposing Plans
• Washington and Fort Necessity
• Braddock's march
• The battle of Monongahela
• Aftermath
• The Battlefields today
• Bibliography
• Index

Paperback; September 2004; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781841766836