In part three of the book. Who is general Dunbar and what was his experience in the colonies?
General Dunbar was a British officer, who served alongside Braddock dduring the French Indian War. He was is charge of the 48th Regiment. After Braddock's defeat, Dunbar ordered the destruction of supplies, and retreated back to Philadelphia. Franklin viewed him as lacking in prowess.
He was there met with requests from the governors of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, that he would post his troops on the frontiers, so as to afford some protection to the inhabitants; but he continu'd his hasty march thro' all the country, not thinking himself safe till he arriv'd at Philadelphia, where the inhabitants could protect him. This whole transaction gave us Americans the first suspicion that our exalted ideas of the prowess of British regulars had not been well founded.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
