[wideawake]

What we need to know is who is GIVING THE ORDERS, so they can be dealt with by ambushes, "accidents", food poisoning, IEDs

Who would be doing the ambushing, manufacturing the accidents, doing the poisoning, setting up IEDs in your scenario, exactly?

[JimRed]

Who would be doing the ambushing, manufacturing the accidents, doing the poisoning, setting up IEDs in your scenario, exactly?

The same people who would be out hunting Redcoat officers and noncoms if this was 1776.