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See also:BRADDOCK, See also:EDWARD (1695?—1755), ,See also:British See also:general, was See also:born in See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, about 1695. He was the son of See also:Major-General Edward Braddock (d. 1725), and joined the Coldstrearn See also:Guards in 1710. In 1747 as a See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel he served under the See also:prince of See also:Orange in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland during the See also:siege of See also:Bergen-op-Zoom. In 1753 he was given the colonelcy of the 14th See also:foot, and in 1754 he became a major-general. Being appointed shortly afterwards to command against the See also:French in See also:America, he landed in See also:Virginia in See also:February 1755. After some months of preparation, in which he was hampered by administrative confusion and want of resources, he took the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field with a picked See also:column, in which See also:George See also:Washington served as a volunteer officer, intended to attack Fort See also:Duquesne (See also:Pittsburg, Pa.). The column crossed the See also:Monongahela See also:river on the 9th of See also:July and almost immediately afterwards See also:fell into an ambuscade of French and See also:Indians. The troops were completely surprised and routed, and Braddock, rallying his men See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time after time, fell at last mortally wounded. He was carried off the field with difficulty, and died on the 13th. He was buried at See also:Great Meadows, where the remnant of the column halted on its See also:retreat to reorganize.
End of Article: BRADDOCK, EDWARD (1695?—1755),
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