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| Author: | will [ Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | 18th Century Military Tactics |
Interesting read that debunks the idea of the Americans having won the war by hiding behind rocks and trees (which should come as no surprise to anyone here): <blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The rocks, rifles, and militia scenario originated with the story of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, the skirmishes that started the fighting. British redcoats did indeed face colonial militiamen in linear formation. As the British force retreated to Boston, the colonists, armed with their own civilian weapons, sniped at their antagonists from behind fences and trees rather than confronting the professionals in formal lines of battle. With such guerilla tactics, the militiamen killed and wounded more British soldiers than British soldiers killed and wounded Americans. But the majority of the prominent battles of the war were contested quite differently.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Full article: http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Fou ... actics.cfm |
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