Washington's defeat, Braddock's disaster is the subtitle. On July 9, 1755, Britain suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in its 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 were 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 skirmish with a party of Virginian militia commanded by the same George Washington. Rene Chartrand examines the subsequent chain of events that ultimately sparked the Seven Years War.

Rene Chartrand
ISBN 1-84176-683-6
Soft cover