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[Mike Diehl]

On Tuesday 19 November 2002 01:02 pm, Kevin Elliott wrote:
     > Correction in the interest of historical accuracy.  The idea that we
     > succeeded in the revolutionary war by "inventing a new form of
     > warfare".  The reality is that the british were marching in formation
     > for very, very good reasons.  Their tactics were an early form of
     > Napoleanic tactics (the techniques perfected by Bonaparte and used to
     > SMASH most of the rest of Europe).  They evolved from several factors
     > notably:

That is very interesting and smells true.  But I have read an historical 
account of how we slaughtered the "Reds" from the hills as they marched.  
Seems to be a contradiction here that I can't resolve.

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