The battle of Yorktown was one of the most important battles of the American Revolution. This battle took place in Yorktown, Virginia September 28th 1781. Before the battle had begun the French had arrived in Rhode Island with over 5,000 soldiers to aid the Americans to defeat the British. This put the Americans at an extreme advantage straight from the start, because the British had only about 6,000 soldiers. The British were also at a disadvantage considering that there was no way for them to get reinforcements.
After the Battle of Kings Mountain, Greene sent one of his best commanders, Daniel Morgan, to harass the British in Western South Carolina. While Morgan went West Greene stayed in the North-central part of South Carolina. Compared to standard military doctrine this was unheard of for a general to divide his forces in the face of a superior force. Eventually, Greene’s plan would pay off when Daniel Morgan would defeat Lt. Col. Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens, where Morgan would employ unorthodox tactics to deceive Tarleton. Daniel Morgan was well known for his success at the Battle of Saratoga and after two years of retirement came back to assist Greene in his Southern Campaign.
Daniel Morgan had a brilliant idea of setting his troops up into three lines. They would fight line by line which soon tired out the British. The front line was made out of around 150 riflemen. Since rifles are slow to load, but accurate, the riflemen were told to shoot the retreat. The second line was made out of 300 militiamen with muskets.
Following the massacre of British Resident Sir Pierre Cavagnari in Kabul on 3 September 1879, the British dispatched a force under the command of major-general Frederick Roberts to restore the Kabul throne to Abdur Rahman Khan, an Afghan sympathetic to British interests. They were opposed by Mohammed Jan, a ghazi ( religious fanatic) firmly opposed to both the British presence in Afhganistan as well as the puppet ruler they had installed. The British found restoring order to the Kabul region to be a difficult and dangerous task: the countryside was up in arms, and the Afghan forces elusive, harassing the marching British columns with long-range sniper fire, cutting telegraph lines and supply lines, and attacking small outposts.
During the American Revolution in the Southern backcountry, there were several battles that served as turning points of the war. These battles outcomes relied on the use/knowledge of the land and weaponry of the opponents. The execution of this knowledge allowed for these simple battles in the South Carolina backcountry to turn into turning points of the entire revolutionary war in the colonies. In the Southern backcountry, the majority of the fighting forces was made up of militia.
The Defeat of Cornwallis When someone brings a knife to a gunfight, they lose, every time. Also if they go against two people and they are only one person, they will lose. An example of this was the last major battle of the American Revolution. Lord Cornwallis, a British officer with 8,000 redcoats, was the one person.
(Exposition) (NR) When the British marched into the South, Maurice Thompson said that Jackson was the only man who could defeat them. So, in January, many American patriots of all different back rounds and lifestyles, came together to stop the growing world power of Britain. Then the redcoats, led by General Pakenham, charged the American bunker. The U.S. citizens (Antonomasia for Americans) blazed volley after volley. Again the panicked British charged and their ranks were broken.
American artillery has under gone a large evolution and many changes since its Colonial birth in 1775. The Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Mexican War also brought many significant experiences to the Department of the Army. Mainly as to the important impact that American artillery holds on the stronghold of America and to the future of field artillery. On June 17, 1775, Colonist fought against British occupying soldiers, which started the American Revolutionary War.
The battle of Waterloo has been described by some as "the birth of modern Europe" (Wooten). It lead to the downfall of Napoleon, "the mind that had tested the major powers of Europe" (Wooten) and his French revolutionary army a standoff. One which cost the lives of thousands of British, Prussian and French soldiers. Although the Waterloo Campaign and the battle played out over a couple of days, remembered as one of the greatest battles of the 19th century in Europe.
R14 Class Notes – The American Revolution - Factors and Outcomes I. Advantages and disadvantages of the two sides. List 3 advantages of the British government and Army during the Revolutionary War and 3 advantages of the Patriots during the War. Britain Advantages American Advantages -Large Navy -Reason to fight -Lots of $ and Resources -Had