 about 1,300 British regulars and colonial militia laboring through the woods on a hot summer day near the Monongahela River. They were exhausted after weeks of strenuous marching. Now, Washington himself was in really bad shape since he was plagued with a fever and headaches. His condition was so bad, they actually spent several days lying down in a covered wagon. So you can imagine the misery of traveling through bumpy roads in the intense summer heat in that condition.