By René Chartrand, Stephen Walsh
On nine July 1755 amid the wasteland of North the US, Britain suffered probably the most humiliating defeats in her heritage. common Braddock’s military, a mix of British regulars and American armed forces, was once shattered, wasting over 900 males from a strength of 1,300. Braddock used to be killed and the remnants of his military rescued via his aide, Colonel George Washington. The origins of this defeat could be traced again to the demise of a junior French officer little greater than a 12 months ahead of in a comparatively minor skirmish with a celebration of Virginian defense force commanded via an identical George Washington. René Chartrand examines the following chain of occasions that eventually sparked a global struggle.
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The French version of the document contained the word "assassinat" which Van Braam translated as the "death" of Jumonville. Did Washington understand that, in signing the capitulation document, he was admitting to having assassinated Jumonville? The question has never been resolved and probably never will. Captains Robert Stobo and Van Braam were left with de Villiers as hostages until they could be exchanged. The garrison left Fort Necessity early on the morning of 4 July, even before the French arrived to take possession of it.
66m) wide to Little Meadows some 20 miles (32km) away. The construction of the road was a formidable enough task for the soldiers of the army, but getting over Will's Mountain just west of Fort Cumberland proved to be even more challenging. Three wagons were totally wrecked and many damaged in the process. The following day, Fort Cumberland, the former Will's Creek fort until renamed in honor of the Duke of Cumberland by General Braddock in 1755. Print of a period plan after Lowdermilk's History of Cumberland, Maryland.
Governor Dinwiddie reacted to the news of the capitulation with praise for the bravery of Washington and his men who had no chance of success against "900 French 8c Indians". He squarely laid blame on the considerable delay of the two New York Independent Companies to reach the area; had these additional 160 regulars been there, things might have been different. At first, Dinwiddie felt compelled to respect the terms of the capitulation "in order to recover our two Capts who are hostages" but as time passed, this attitude changed.