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Authors: Matthew H. Spring
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-08 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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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
All for the King's Shilling
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Pages: 400
Authors: Edward J Coss
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-11 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’
British Light Infantry in the American Revolution
Language: en
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Authors: Robbie MacNiven
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-18 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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During the Seven Years' War (1755–63), a number of independent light-infantry outfits served under British command and dedicated light companies were added to
The Face of Battle
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: John Keegan
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983-01-27 - Publisher: Penguin

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John Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle -- a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare The
Long, Obstinate, and Bloody
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Lawrence Edward Babits
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Argues that, although the British won the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the losses they sustained were significant enough to force a withdrawal from the state,