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To: w1n1

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.


8 posted on 11/13/2017 7:05:04 AM PST by major-pelham
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To: major-pelham

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.


11 posted on 11/13/2017 7:21:07 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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