 And he wasn't just a jerk. He also didn't know how to fight, at least not in North America. He may have known how to fight in Europe. We have large set battles in open fields, but this is North America. Picture rugged, undeveloped terrain and narrow roads. The 24-year-old Washington advised Braddock to travel lightly, which makes sense in that kind of territory, but Braddock refused. For a man as ambitious as Washington, it must have been galling to see his superior act so dismissively. Even worse,