Quebec surrendered on September 18, 1759.
PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 1, No. 35, SERIAL No. 35
COPYRIGHT, 1913. BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
BRADDOCK’S FIELD—FROM AN OLD PAINTING
THE CONTEST FOR NORTH AMERICA
Braddock’s Defeat
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The defeat of General Edward Braddock by the French and Indians was not due to any lack of courage on the part of the English commander and his men, but to the fact that they knew nothing about colonial warfare and would not take advice from the colonial troops. Had Braddock followed the advice of George Washington the French would have been routed, and Fort Duquesne, which is now Pittsburgh, would have been captured.
Edward Braddock was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1695. He was the son of Major General Edward Braddock. In 1710 he joined the Coldstream Guards. As a lieutenant colonel in 1747 he served under the Prince of Orange during the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom. Six years later he was made colonel of the 14th Foot, and the following year became a major general.