 Exhausted from illness and hours of combat, he rode all night through the woods to that division for help. When it was all said and done, the Braddock expedition was a disaster for the British. Braddock was dead, and the myth of their invisibility had been shattered, a lesson the colonials would never forget. However, in the midst of that defeat, a legend was born, especially among those who witnessed it. I like to compare it to an up-and-coming athlete who has some incredible performance, and regardless of whether their team won