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In 1755, George Washington acted as an aide de camp to British
General Edward Braddock as the British attempted to retake the
Ohio Country from the French. Although the expedition itself
ended in disaster for the British and colonial forces, the campaign
provided an opportunity for the young Washington to distinguish
himself in battle. Three years later, when Scottish general John
Forbes began to plan his own campaign to take Fort Duquesne,
he called upon Washington for assistance. Washington suggested
they attack via a southerly route, but Forbes insisted on developing
a new passage inland instead. Fortunately, Forbes had made the
right decision and successfully eradicated the French. Washington's
Scout depicts an officer and two of his men investigating a possible
route for what would become Forbes' road. |