Well, I am trying to write a timeline. Lets hope I can keep it plausible this time.
The Fallen Colonial - A North American TL
"Dear Journal, I write today as my first day under the command of General Edward Braddock. He was a kind looking man, to be sure, and he seems to know his stuff. I suppose I will find that out in the upcoming months. He will be leading an amry of about 2200 to go out and capture Fort Niagara with a colonel George Washington who supposedly knows the area well. All and all, have high hopes for this expedition. I am pretty sure that those Frenchmen will surrender without giving much of a fight, or they will merely abandon their fortress at sight of this army. Let us hope for victory and glory for the British Empire."
-Private George Brown, 44th Regiment.
"Dear Journal, I am beginning to doubt the ability for our leaders to lead us to victory, rather, I have just found out that Colonial Washington's expedition last year was a failure. The idiot just almost 500 men to a bunch of Frenchmen and savages, who lost less than 50. In an unrelated note, General Braddock has split the army, with a 1300 man wedge and all of the slower artellary and the like falling back. Despite these things, this will likely be an easy victory and I probably have nothing to worry about."
-Private George Brown, 44th Regiment.
"Dear Journal, I am a lucky man to be alive today. This battle was a very bloody one indeed. It started out with Lieutenant Gage spotting some Natives in the forest. We then opened fire at long range and succeeded to kill their commanding officer. We then thought that the day had been won, but boy we were wrong! The savages, who are from the area were well accustomed to fighting in these forests, and within a few minutes of fighting, there were British scalps nailed to trees. Then, a confused captain ordered his men to fire upon our platoon, the idiot! Soon, the entire army is in disarray, and there are muskets going off in every direction and arrows flying abound. The ground was soaked with the blood of British Soldiers and all you could hear (other than the sound of the muskets or the whip of an arrow) were their cries for help. After hours of fighting, I saw the General Braddock collapse from a bullet wound. Then Colonial Washington tried to maintain order.
[POD]He was promptly shot through the heart by an enemy sniper and he collapsed, dead.[/POD] At this point, I ran like hell. I ran and now I am lost far in the woods. I was one of the lucky ones. The entirely headless army had no chance at survival and surrendered, so the men were either captured or wounded or killed, or they escaped like me. I do not know where I am now, and I do not know if I will survive."
-Private George Brown, 44th Regiment.
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Private George Brown had managed to escape to British colonies, and he lived happily ever after.
An artist's depiction of the death of General Braddock:
