BRADDOCK,S FIELD.
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''Nine miles above Pittsburg, and imme- diatoly upon the north bank of the Monon- gahela river,is the celebrated battle ground called Braddock's Field.' It is famous for the destruction of an army intended to capture Fort Duquesne, crush the extend ing power of France, and control the In- dians on our western borders. Here

 Washington fought and Braddock fall. On this spot 50 Frenchmen and 25O Indians nearly destroyed the forty-ninth and fifty- first regiments of the British regulars, though aided by number of provincial troops. The battle was fought on the after noon of the 9th of.July, 1765. Seventy years have passed away, and yet the crum- bling bones of men and horses are seen in every field for a mile in circuit.a For uia-