“The bayonet held especial fear for Americans as it embodied the superior martial
professionalism of the British army; American troops were much less accustomed
to bayonet fighting.”
– Holger Hoock, ‘Mangled
Bodies: Atrocity in the American Revolutionary War’ in Past and Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, Volume 230, Issue 1, eds. Alexandra
Walsham and Matthew Hilton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 157 –
158.
Americans learned quickly to not bring a gun to a knife fight British too stupid to figure it out!
Good job, your comment literally makes no sense. The Americans did bring guns (bayonetless rifles) to knife (bayonet) fights, hence why they lost almost all melee engagements during the war…
Yes but america
^when you had knives on your guns and boast about beating Americans in melee but we still kicked your ass 6 ways to Sunday @bantarleton
I can literally name almost an almost 2:1 ratio of the Patriots being “kicked 6 ways to Sunday” by Crown Forces, but hey, well done on winning the war @just-another-bi
And yet all you had to do was just fall back the from bayonet charge
Fall back and keep falling back.
On I side note, I always enjoy it when people talk about history as “we.” Which regiment of Continental Line did you serve with? Was that you I saw at Fishing Creek?
Also why the fuck did you think “yes but america” was not sarcastic
the brits literally lost to tribals with spears. you honestly can’t talk much shit
We all know those feels.
Some respect here, we lost an imperial prince to tribals with spears
