Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

by David L. Preston

Book Overview

On July 9, 1755, British regulars and American colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock, commander in chief of the British Army in North America, were attacked by French and Native American forces shortly after crossing the Monongahela River and while making their way to besiege Fort Duquesne in the Ohio Valley, a few miles from what is now Pittsburgh. The long line of red-coated troops struggled to maintain cohesion and discipline...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190658517
• ISBN13: 9780190658519
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"