The Numbers kill'd; Wounded & left in the Field as appeared by the Returns of the different Companies were 896 besides Officers The 2 Companies of the Grenadiers and Carpenters sufferd most Col^o. Dunbars Grenadiers were 79 Compleat out of which 9 Returned untouch'd. S^r P. Halkets, were 69 & only 13 came out of y^e Field Every Grenadier Officer was either kill'd or Wounded The Seamen had 11 Kill'd & wounded out of 33 it was impossible to tell the exact Nunbers of the Enemy but it was premised by the continual smart Fire the kept during the whole Action, that they must have at least Man for Man M^r. Engineer Gordon[38] was the first Man that saw the Enemy, being in the Front of the Carpenters, making & Picketing the Roads for them, and he declared where he first descover'd them, that they were on the Run, which plainly shews they were just come from _Fort Dec Quesne_ and that their principal Intention was to secure the pass of _Monnongohela River_ but the Officer who was their leader, dressed like an Indian, w^{th}. a Gorgeton, waved his Hatt, by way of Signal to disperse to y^e Right and left forming a half Moon Col^o. Dunbar continued his Retreat and Arrived with the Remains of the Army at _Fort Cumberland_ the 20^{th}. July, and the 21^{st}. the Wounded Officers & Soldiers were brought in.... 30^{th}. July Orders were given for the Army to March the 2^{nd}. August 1^{st}. August Col^o. Dunbar received a Letter from Commodore Kepple to send the Seamen to _Hampton_ and accordingly the 2^d. they March'd with the Army & on the 3^d. August left them August 5^{th}. Arrived at _Winchester_ August 11^{th}. March'd into _Fredericksburgh_ and hired a Vessel to carry the Seamen to _Hampton_ where they embarked on board his Majesty's Ship Guarland the 18^{th}. August 1755. 4:6 pounders. 2. 12 pounders, 3 Howitzers, 8 Cohorns, 51 Carriages of Provisions Ammunition Hospital Stores, The Generals private Chest which had about 1000£ in it with 200 Horses loaded with Officers Baggage.[39] CHAPTER V THE BATTLE OF THE MONONGAHELA Sir Peter Halket moved out from Fort Cumberland on June 7 with a brigade comprising the 44th Regiment, two Independent Companies of New York, two companies of Virginia Rangers, one of Maryland Rangers, a total of nine hundred and eighty-four men, six hundred woodchoppers under Sir John St. Clair having been sent forward to widen and improve Washington's road. The next day but one Colonel Thomas Dunbar marched away with another brigade comprising the 48th Regiment, a company of carpenters, three companies of Virginia Rangers, and one from South and North Carolina each, a total of nine hundred and ninety-three men. On the tenth, Braddock and his aides and the rest of the army which was approximately two thousand two hundred strong--a force powerful enough to have razed Duquesne, Venango, La Boeuf, Presque Isle, and Niagara to the ground--if it could have reached them.