[9] For best accounts of Braddock's defeat see Bradley, 75-107; Lowdermilk, 156-63; and Marshall, i, 7-10.
[10] "Of one hundred and sixty officers, only six escaped." (Lowdermilk, footnote to 175.)
[11] Braddock had five horses killed under him. (Ib., 161.)
[12] "The dastardly behavior of the Regular [British] troops," who "broke and ran as sheep before hounds." (Washington to Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755; Writings: Ford, i, 173-74.)
[13] Washington to John A. Washington, July 18, 1755. (Ib., 176.)
[14] "The Virginia companies behaved like men and died like soldiers ... of three companies ... scarce thirty were left alive." (Washington to Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755; Writings: Ford, i, 173-74.)
[15] Lowdermilk, 182-85; and see Washington's Writings: Ford, i, footnote to 175. For account of battle and rout see Washington's letters to Dinwiddie, ib., 173-76; to John A. Washington, July 18, 1755, ib.; to Robert Jackson, Aug. 2, 1755, ib., 177-78; also see Campbell, 472-81. For French account see Hart, ii, 365-67; also, Sargent: History of Braddock's Expedition.
[16] Washington to John A. Washington, July 18, 1755; Writings: Ford, i, 175.
[17] "The Defeat of Braddock was totally unlooked for, and it excited the most painful surprise." (Lowdermilk, 186.)
[18] "After Braddock's defeat, the Colonists jumped to the conclusion that all regulars were useless." (Wood, 40.)