Battle of the Monongahela
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The Battle of the Monongahela was a battle that took place on 9 July 1755 between British forces led by General Edward Braddock and French troops led by Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu[1] and aided by a party of Native Americans led by the Templar Haytham Kenway and Kaniehtí:io of the Kanien'kehá:ka.[2] The ambush led to Braddock's death and marked the end of the Braddock Expedition.[3]
While crossing the Monongahela River,[4] hoping to reach and conquer Fort Duquesne,[2] Braddock's forces were surprised by the French and their allies and the British strategy proved to be completely useless in such wooded terrain, with their forces being massacred: out of 1,600 men, 456 had been killed before Braddock's aide-de-camp George Washington organised their retreat. During the battle, Washington himself was hit by four bullets and had two horses die under him but survived mostly unscathed,[4] a fact that led a sachem to prophesize Washington would become "the leader of the nations".[5]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed III (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game (mentioned only)
References
- ↑
Battle of the Monongahela on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: Death of the Dog
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – The Braddock Expedition
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 George Washington's notebook – "15th July 1755"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Legacy of the Brotherhood – The Battle of the Wabash