With Zeal and with Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783volume 19

by Matthew H. Spring

Book Overview

The image is indelible: densely packed lines of slow-moving Redcoats picked off by American sharpshooters. Now Matthew H. Spring reveals how British infantry in the American Revolutionary War really fought. This groundbreaking book offers a new analysis of the British Army during the "American rebellion" at both operational and tactical levels. Presenting fresh insights into the speed of British tactical movements, Spring discloses how the system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806141522
• ISBN13: 9780806141527
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"