<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The battle was a devastating defeat, and has been characterized as one of the most disastrous in British colonial history . It marked the end of the Braddock expedition, which many had believed contained overwhelming force, to seize the Ohio Country . It awakened many in London to the sheer scale of forces that would be needed to defeat the French and their Indian allies in North America . </P> <P> The inability of the redcoats to use skirmishers, and the vulnerability this caused for the main force, had a profound effect on British military thinking . Although Braddock had posted a company of flankers on each side, these troops were untrained to do anything but stand in line and fire platoon volleys, which were unsuited to such conditions . Learning from their mistakes the British made much better use of skirmishers, often equipped with rifles, who could protect the main body of troops from such devastating fire, both later in the French and Indian War and in the American War of Independence . </P>

Battle of the monongahela - 1755 (braddock’s death)