by Paul E. Kopperman. Softbound, 322 pages, 5-1/2" x 8". On July 9, 1755, an army of British and American soldiers commanded by Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock marched toward a major western outpost held by the French, confident of an easy victory. Suddenly, they were attacked by a much smaller force of French and Indian fighters. Braddock's army was destroyed, its commander fatally wounded, and supplies and secret papers were lost to the enemy. An exciting critical account of this definitive battle in the French and Indian War.