* 1755 – French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.

* July 9 – French and Indian War – Braddock Expedition: British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by French and Indian forces.

The first recorded mention of the settlement which would later become known as Rockville dates to the Braddock Expedition in 1755.

The first attempt to retake the fort, the Braddock Expedition, failed miserably.

Braddock's Chief of Scouts was Lieutenant John Fraser of the Virginia Regiment, who owned land at Turtle Creek and who had previously served as Second-in-Command at Fort Prince George at the confluence of the Allegheny and Mononghela Rivers, the site of Fort Duquesne by the time of the Braddock Expedition, and who had been at Fort Necessity.

Braddock Expedition

In 1755 he accompanied the ill-fated Braddock Expedition in its attempt to control access to the Ohio Valley.

He served in the disastrous 1755 Braddock Expedition during the French and Indian War.

At the outset of the Braddock Expedition, the force was split into two groups.

For example, historian Francis Jennings suggested that the Northwest Indian War was, for the Lenape people, the end of a " Forty Years ' War " that began soon after the Braddock Expedition in 1755.

During the ill-fated Braddock Expedition in 1755, Croghan, as always assisted by Montour, led eight Indian scouts, the same group the Half King had led at Jumonville Glen.

Guyasuta probably served as a scout for young George Washington in 1753, though he played a role in defeating the Braddock Expedition in 1755, and sided with the French in the French and Indian War.

His publications include History of an Expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1775, under Major-General Braddock, edited from Original Manuscripts, which was commended by George Grote, the historian, and was described by Washington Irving as “ ably edited, with an admirable introductory memoir ” ( Philadelphia, 1855 ); The Loyalist Poetry of the Revolution ( 1857 ); The Journal of the General Meeting of the Cincinnati ( 1858 ); Loyal Verses of Joseph Stansbury and Dr. Jonathan Odell, with Introduction and Notes ( Albany, 1860 ); Life and Career of Maj. John André ( Boston, 1861 ); and Les États Confédérés et de l ' esclavage ( The Confederacy and Slavery ; Paris, 1864 ).

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** The Braddock Expedition of the French and Indian War, ending in Braddock's Defeat

Like most Delawares, Shingas and his villagers stayed neutral in the early stages of the conflict, declining to assist George Washington at Fort Necessity in 1754 and the Braddock Expedition in 1755.

Gist was a member of the Braddock Expedition in 1755 when it was defeated by the French and their Native American allies.

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Route of the Braddock Expedition.

Scott served under George Washington in the Braddock Expedition, a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French.

Later he served as Chief Scout to General Edward Braddock and then Chief Teamster to the Forbes Expedition.

The next year he again marched against Fort Duquesne, this time with the Braddock Expedition, and again they failed at the Battle of Monogahela on July 9, 1755.

The Ohio Country was particularly vulnerable to legal and illegal settlement due to the construction of military roads to the area by Braddock and Forbes.

After the crossing, the parkway enters exit 27, a cloverleaf interchange with NY 25 ( Braddock Avenue ) and Jamaica Avenue before crossing back into Queens.

Braddock Avenue ends right after crossing over the Cross Island Parkway.

The French and their Indian allies ambushed Braddock, who was mortally wounded in the Battle of the Monongahela.

In 1755, he was a wagon driver in General Edward Braddock's attempt to drive the French out of the Ohio Country, which ended the Braddock expedition at what is known as the Battle of the Monongahela.

Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 10 miles ( 16 km ) upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River.

The borough is in the Mon Valley along the Monongahela River and is bordered by the boroughs of Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, East Pittsburgh, Forest Hills, Swissvale, and Wilkins Township.

During the late 18th century farming was prevalent in the North Braddock area with the nearby Monongahela River used for trade.

Rankin is bordered by Swissvale to the west and north, North Braddock and Braddock to the east, Whitaker to the southwest ( across the Monongahela River via the Rankin Bridge ), and Munhall to the southwest ( also across the Monongahela ).

Across the Monongahela River to the northeast are the boroughs of Rankin and Braddock.

This skirmish began the Battle of the Monongahela, in which Braddock was mortally wounded, and George Washington distinguished himself for his courage under fire and his leadership in organising the retreat.

19th-century engraving of the death of Major-General Braddock at the Battle of the Monongahela.

* Kopperman, Paul E. Braddock at the Monongahela.

Another son, William Jr., was killed in 1755 at the Battle of the Monongahela whilst serving with Edward Braddock.

The Braddock expedition, a 1755 attempt to take Fort Duquesne, met with defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela at present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania.

The French-allied Indians who had defeated General Edward Braddock at the Monongahela were primarily from the Great Lakes region to the north.

* Braddock Locks & Dam on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania

Coleman invited Thomas Carnegie to join him in building the new steel works, and together they purchased of land about north of Pittsburgh known as Braddock's Field ( a historic battlefield where French and Indian forces from Fort Duquesne defeated British General Edward Braddock on July 5, 1755, in the Battle of the Monongahela ).

The Battle of the Monongahela, also known as the Battle of the Wilderness, took place on 9 July 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War, at Braddock's Field in what is now Braddock, Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh.

Black Hoof claimed to have been present at the Battle of the Monongahela in 1755, when General Edward Braddock was defeated during the French and Indian War, although there is no contemporary evidence that Shawnees took part in that battle.

Braddock was severely wounded in the Battle of the Monongahela as the British advanced toward Fort Duquesne.