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Braddock (EDWARD a British soldier born)

EDWARD, a British soldier, born in Perthshire, Scotland, about 1695, entered the Coldstream Guards in 1710, and was appointed Major-General in 1754. Nine months later he sailed as commander against GEN. EDWARD BRADDOCK the French in America, and, with a force of nearly 2,000 British and provincial troops, reached the Monongahela, a branch of the Ohio, on July 8, 1755.

Leaving the baggage behind, on the 9th he pushed forward with a chosen force to invest Fort Duquesne, on the present site of Pittsburgh, Pa. On the right bank of the river his advance guard was attacked by a party of about 900 French and Indians from the fort. After two hours' fighting, in which Braddock, whose bravery was never called in question, had four horses shot under him, and was mortally wounded while vainly trying to rally his men, the survivors made a hasty retreat under Washington, Braddock's aide-de-camp, the only one of his staff who escaped unhurt. No less than 63 out of 86 officers, and 914 out of 1,373 men engaged, were either killed wounded. The French loss was trifling.

Braddock was carried from the field, and died July 13, 1755, at Great Meadows. or 1837. She very early showed a turn for English novelist, born in London in literature, which she indulged by send- English novelist, born in London in 1837. She very early showed a turn for literature, which she indulged by sending verses and other trifles to the magazines and newspapers. In 1860 she essayed a more sustained effort in a comedietta called "The Loves of Arcadia," tained a great popularity, which has Theater. Her first great success came with the publication, in 1862, of "Lady Audley's Secret," which instantly attained a great popularity, which has since been extended by the production of numerous works of the same order, such as "Aurora Floyd," "Eleanor's Victory," Younger" (1897), "The Green Curtain" "Mount Royal," "When the World Was 1915. (1911), "Miranda" (1913). She died in Royal," ," " When "W the World Was Younger" (1897), "The Green Curtain"