Spring, Matthew H.  1973- <br/><br/>
With zeal and with bayonets only :  the British Army on campaign in North America, 1775-1783 / 
Matthew H. Spring. 
 - Norman :  University of Oklahoma Press,  2008. 
 - xxiii, 381 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Campaigns and commanders ;  v. 19 .
 - Campaigns and commanders ;  v. 19. .
<br/><br/> Rev. and expanded version of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Leeds, 2001. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-365) and index. 
<br/><br/>The army's task -- Operational constraints -- Grand tactics -- March and deployment -- Motivation -- The advance -- Commanding the battalion -- Firepower -- The bayonet charge -- "Bushfighting" -- Hollow victories. 
<br/><br/> This book offers a new analysis of the British Army during the "American rebellion" at both operational and tactical levels. Presenting fresh insights into the speed of British tactical movements, Spring discloses how the system for training the army prior to 1775 was overhauled and adapted to the peculiar conditions confronting it in North America.--From publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780806139470 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0806139471 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780806141527 (pbk.) 0806141522 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008013656 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Great Britain. Army --History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--British forces.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E 267  / .S66 2008