AboutNew—year’sday，1755，Braddock，withhisTwoRegimentsandcompletedapparatus，gottosea。Arrived，20thFebruary，atWilliamsburginVirginia（\"atHampden，nearthere，\"ifanybodyisparticular）；foundnowthatthiswasnottheplacetoarriveat；
thathewouldlosesixweeksofmarching，bynothavinglandedinPennsylvaniainstead。FoundthathisStoreshadbeenmispackedatCork，——thatthishadhappened，andalsothat；——and，inshort，thatChaoshadbeenveryconsiderablyprevalentinthisAdventureofhis；anddidstill，inallthatnowlayroundit，muchprevail。
Poorman:verybrave，theysay；butwithoutknowledge，exceptoffield—drill；aheartofiron，butbrainmostlyofpipe—clayquality。Amansevereandrigorousinregimentalpoints；
contemptuousoftheColonialMilitias，thatgatheredtohelphim；
thrice—contemptuousoftheIndians，whowereavitalpointintheEnterpriseahead。Chaosisverystrong，——especiallyifwithinoneselfaswell！PoorBraddocktooktheColonialMilitiaRegiments，ColonelWashingtonasAide—de—Camp；tooktheIndiansandAppendages，ColonialChaosmuchpresiding:andafterinfinitedelaysandconfusedhagglings，gotonmarch；——2，000regular，andofallsortssay4，000strong。