edward braddock

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born 1695, Perthshire, Scot. died July 13, 1755, Great Meadows, Pa. British army commander in the French and Indian War. After service in Europe, he arrived in Virginia in 1755 to command British forces in North America against the French. He undertook an expedition to attack the French-held Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh, Pa.); his force, which included British regulars and provincial militiamen such as George Washington, cut the first road across the Allegheny Mountains and reached a point on the Monongahela River near the fort. There his army of over 1,400 men was ambushed and defeated by a group of 254 French and 600 Indians, and he was mortally wounded in the ensuing rout

Расстановка переносов

Ed·ward Brad·dock

Турецкое произношение

edwırd brädık

Произношение

/ˈedwərd ˈbradək/ /ˈɛdwɜrd ˈbrædək/