Did George Washington have Commandos?

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[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[knarf]

I’ve read more than once that the tactic of attacking from the side brush, as depicted in “The Patriot”, is a real re-enactment.

[Karliner]

Rogers Rangers...then BC how about Abraham’s 300 or Gideon’s army? Sparta?

[Tennessee Nana]

well the Loyalist sure did...

My ancestors were in Butler’s Rangers and the “Indian department” where they were paid extra as interpreters...they had lived amongst the Indians so they must have known something about one on one fighting etc...

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[RandallFlagg]

Yep.
In grade school, I did a report on it.
Guerrilla warfare tactics.

I doubt that public schools teach about it these days.

[major-pelham]

Ask the Brits how they liked that march back to Boston from Concord?

One year I went on Patriots Day weekend to see how British officers conducted the retreat by moving skirmish lines front and back, left and right, to keep the main body intact amidst the narrow road surrounded by woods. Fascinating.

[DCBryan1]

Yes he did. Here is a photograph taken during the amphibious spec ops river crossing. Not shown: MLRS battery fire flying overhead into the Hessian ranks.

[ken in texas]

Another proponent of "irregular" warfare at that time was Francis Marion, AKA "The Swamp Fox", in the South Carolina area.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My first thought, too. The story of the “Battle Road”is amazing. The Brits came darn close to being completely wiped out on the march back to Boston. David Hackett Fisher wrote a thrilling account of it in “Paul Revere’s Ride.”

The second one that comes to mind is Arnold’s march to Quebec through the swamps of Maine.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks w1n1.

[Rebelbase]

Another Revolutionary war event comes to mind but I can’t recall any names.

A British army advanced south from Canada or upstate NY via a wilderness road and was continuously bushwacked by Indians in alliance with colonial operators.

The brits were bogged down by their huge baggage train and families in tow.

[fella]

“The Swamp Fox”

[Irishguy]

that looks suspect...you can see around the edges the picture has been modified in photoshop also the gen 4 nvg (why use something so old and no multicam pattern on the housing) , hmmm, calling BS on this...we all know he crossed in a stealth submarine...

great pic...!!

[BenLurkin]

He went commando. Everywhere.

[ZULU]

Daniel Morgan

[ZULU]

Before Robert Rogers was .......... Benjamin Church.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

"My body lies on Mt Vernon, my clothes are upstairs." [centennial of GW's birth, memorial statue, Horatio Greenough, 1841]

[SunkenCiv]

Gen. John Burgoyne?