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It was the loss of Major-General Edward Braddock that sealed the British defeat at Monongahela. Fully aware of the difficulties of fighting in the forests of North America, Braddock had made many sensible preparations for his army's advance on Fort Duquesne. Despite all precautions, however, when his men were ambushed by French, Canadian and Amerindian forces, the half-trained recruits that filled the ranks of his two regular regiments panicked. Once Braddock was dead, there was nobody with either the experience or talent to regain control, and the army was destroyed. The uniform details of this 19th century engraving are incorrect, but the sense of confusion and chaos are well conveyed.

Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie Liénard de Beaujeu (1711-1755) was an officer in the troupes de la Marine - the French regular troops that garrisoned New France. He commanded the French, Canadian and Amerindian forces at the beginning of the battle of the Monongahela on 9 July 1755 where he was killed.

On July 9, 1755, General Braddock's army was attacked in wooded country by a mixed force of French, Canadians and Amerindians. Although they outnumbered their opponents by more then 2 to 1, the British and American troops were crushed and Braddock was killed.

Captain Jean-Daniel Dumas (1721-1794) was the officer in the troupes de la Marine who led the mixed French, Canadian and Amerindian forces that wiped out the British and American army under General Braddock at the Battle of Monongahela on 9 July 1755. After rendering distinguished services in Canada up to 1760, Dumas went on to become governor of Mauritius. That Indian Ocean island was called Isle de France until the beginning of the 19th century as shown on this print after a circa 1780 portrait of Dumas.