Two horses were killed under him, and four balls passed through his coat; but, to the astonishment of all, he escaped unhurt,--while every other officer on horseback was either killed or wounded.

"I expected every moment," says an eye-witness,[5] "to see him fall.

His duty and situation exposed him to every danger.

Nothing but the superintending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him." [Footnote 5: Dr.Craik.] [Sidenote: Defeat and death of that general.] {August.} At length, after an action of nearly three hours, General Braddock, under whom three horses had been killed, received a mortal wound; and his troops fled in great disorder.

Every effort to rally them was ineffectual until they had crossed the Monongahela, when, being no longer pursued, they were again formed.