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tksensei (Offline)
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09-13-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tenchu View Post
Yes, they did. They stood there in long lines like great dicks with their rifles and cannons and took turns at shooting each other down.

You are incorrect. The colonial army did not have the manpower to play 'human wave' and their approach was most successfully marked by guerrilla warfare. The colonial army engaged the British in the manner common to open field warfare at the time only when circumstances suggested success was a plausible outcome.
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