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Today at expedia.co.uk slash visit Scotland. It's July 1755, the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.

Not far from Fort Duquesne, a French stronghold that is key to colonial dominance.

British General Edward Braddock rushes on horseback toward complete chaos.

At his side rides a lanky young Virginian.

Somebody nobody knows yet.

George Washington, his face set in grim determination heart pounding beneath his stifling

uniform, and the air hangs heavy,

with a scent of gunpowder and damp summer earth.

The woods ahead teemed with violence.

They weave through the horde of panicked soldiers in red uniforms, fleeing toward them,

sweat-drenched faces covered in terror. General Braddock iron-willed and unyielding

rages at his troops to form lines and re-engage. French troops and their Indian allies,

masters of guerrilla warfare, melt into the trees like phantoms, their shots tearing through

the British ranks with ease. Washington squins

through the smoke, trying to make sense of the scene. Musket balls zip out of nowhere, bludgeoning

men all around him. Officers are struck from their horses, limp bodies dragged across the forest floor,

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