TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spring,Matthew H.
TI  - With zeal and with bayonets only: the British Army on campaign in North America, 1775-1783 
T2  - Campaigns and commanders
SN  - 9780806139470 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - E 267 .S66 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Norman
PB  - University of Oklahoma Press
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - United States
KW  - British forces
KW  - Campaigns
N1  - Rev. and expanded version of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Leeds, 2001; Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-365) and index; The army's task -- Operational constraints -- Grand tactics -- March and deployment -- Motivation -- The advance -- Commanding the battalion -- Firepower -- The bayonet charge -- "Bushfighting" -- Hollow victories
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008013656.html
ER  -