USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -When they were about ten miles from Fort Duquesne, an army of 900 Frenchmen, Canadians, and Native Americans attacked Braddock and his men, who were unaccustomed to American frontier warfare. The massacre ended with 977 British killed or wounded, including Braddock.

Detailed explanation-2: -On July 9, 1755, French and Native American warriors from Fort Duquesne deftly defeated Braddock’s forces and mortally wounded the British general at the Battle of the Monongahela. The French retained control of the Ohio Valley in the wake of their victory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Richard Cavendish describes how Major-General Edward Braddock arrived in Virginia to take command against the French in North America, but was defeated on July 9th, 1755.