Editing Braddock Expedition (section)

{{Short description|Military expedition during French and Indian War}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Braddock Expedition
| partof = the [[French and Indian War]]
| image = Braddock 1755.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Route of the Braddock Expedition
| date = May–July 1755
| place = [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Ohio Country]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|39|49|57|N|79|36|4|W|region:US_type:event|display=inline,title}}<br />(Braddock's Grave)
| result = French and Indian victory
| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flagicon|New France}} [[Canada (New France)|New France]]
[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]
| combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
* {{flagicon image|Red Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg}} [[British America]]
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu]]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Jean-Daniel Dumas]]<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Charles de Langlade]]
| commander2 = {{flagicon |Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[General officer|Gen.]] [[Edward Braddock]]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Colonel|Col.]] [[Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Baronet|Peter Halkett]] {{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Capt.]] [[Robert Orme (soldier)|Robert Orme]]<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Colonel [[George Washington]], formerly of the [[Virginia Regiment]]<br />{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Capt.]] [[Thomas Gage]]
| strength1 = 637 natives,<br />108 [[Compagnies franches de la marine|French marines]]<br />146 [[Colonial militia in Canada|Canadian militia]]<ref name="b55">{{Cite book |last=Borneman |first=Walter R. |title=The French and Indian War |publisher=Rutgers |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-06-076185-1 |page=55 |quote=French: 28 killed 28 wounded, Indian: 11 killed 29 wounded}}</ref>
| strength2 = 2,100 regular and [[Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars|provincials]]<br />10 cannon<ref name="b55"/><ref>''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery'', Duncan, Major Francis, London, 1879, Vol. 1, p. 58, Fifty Royal Artillerymen, 4 brass 12 pounders, 6 brass 6 pounders, 21 civil attendants, 10 servants and six "necessary women".</ref><ref name="John Mack Faragher 1992, p.38">John Mack Faragher, ''Daniel Boone, the Life and Legend of an American Pioneer'', Henry Holt and Company LLC, 1992, {{ISBN|0-8050-3007-7}}, p. 38.</ref>{{request quotation|date=March 2022}}
| casualties1 = 30 killed<br />57 wounded<ref name="b55"/>
| casualties2 = 500+ killed<ref name="b55"/><br />450+ wounded<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Braddock Expedition of 1755: Catastrophe in the Wilderness |author=Frank A. Cassell |url=http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=622 |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231010331/http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=622 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| notes = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=Pennsylvania|designation1_date= November 3, 1961<ref name="PAHMDB">{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_historical_marker_program/2539/search_for_historical_markers |title=PHMC Historical Markers Search |work=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |format=Searchable database |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321233735/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_historical_marker_program/2539/search_for_historical_markers |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox French and Indian War: Ohio Valley}}
}}
[[Image:Cumberland md braddock road.jpg|thumb|Map of [[Braddock Road (Braddock expedition)|Braddock's Military Road]]]]

The '''Braddock Expedition''', also known as '''Braddock's Campaign''' or '''Braddock's Defeat''', was a [[British Empire|British]] military expedition which attempted to capture [[Fort Duquesne]] from the [[French colonial empire|French]] in 1755 during the [[French and Indian War]]. The expedition, named after its commander General [[Edward Braddock]], was defeated at the [[Battle of the Monongahela]] on July 9 and forced to retreat; Braddock was killed in action along with more than 500 of his troops. It ultimately proved to be a major setback for the British in the early stages of the war, one of the most disastrous defeats suffered by British forces in the 18th century.<ref>
{{cite book |last1=Faragher |first1=John Mack |author-link1=John Mack Faragher |orig-date=1992 |chapter=Curiosity is Natural: 1734 to 1755 |title=Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGiln6g3MoIC |location=New York |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |publication-date=1993 |page=38 |isbn=978-1429997065 |access-date=March 18, 2022 |quote=The Battle of the Monongahela [...] was one of the bloodiest and most disastrous British defeats of the eighteenth century.}}
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