General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Is the N.R.A. Un-American? (hint: the answer is yes) [View all]Megalo_Man
(88 posts)I know you are educated on this subject enough to know that the war was won using guerrilla tactics, and not conventional warfare, despite conventional warfare being used for the majority of engagements. Almost every critical battle was won by using guerrilla warfare. And saying skirmishers could harass a formation, but not break it, or drive it from a position or prevent its advance is flat out wrong. Go get a real in depth book on the tactics used in the revolutionary war from your local library, and read up about it. If all you learned about the revolutionary war was in Elementary or High school that would explain your dismissal of what I said as a "myth." The British also had plenty of experience fighting guerilla warfare prior to the revolutionary war breaking out because they dealt with it from the Indians. They continentals continued to use unconventional tactics even after Baron von Steuben was involved in training them in the use of conventional warfare. It didn't simply disappear because it was ineffective. It was very effective, for the situations in which it came into use. It was even more effective when they began to combine conventional and unconventional tactics in order to divide British troops and whittle them down into smaller groups. Unconventional tactics decided that war, are you saying that[/u ]is a myth?