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A Very Fine Regiment - The 47th Foot During the American War of Independence, 1773-1783 (Paperback)
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A Very Fine Regiment - The 47th Foot During the American War of Independence, 1773-1783 (Paperback)
Series: From Reason to Revolution
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The 47th Regiment of Foot served throughout the whole of the
American War of Independence. The regiment experienced the
transition from peacetime soldiering in Ireland and New Jersey,
through the deteriorating political situation, to open rebellion.
The officers and men had to alter their tactics and doctrine from
peacetime garrison duties, through conventional warfare around
Boston to woodland operations in Canada and upper New York. Who
were the 47th Foot? How well did they overcome the challenges they
faced? What became of them? Where they unthinking automatons lead
by an officer class incapable of adapting to the reality of warfare
in North America? Paul Knight examines the regiment within the
context of a British Army which was neither stuck in the past nor
incapable of reform. New uniforms, weapons, and drill manuals
reflected the lessons of the previous war within an environment of
doctrinally innovative generals. Against this, the regiment had to
train in an era of the financial parsimony and where the friction
of peacetime soldiering mitigated against training objectives.
Nevertheless, the 47th was judged 'A Very Fine Regiment and Fit for
Service' before it sailed for New Jersey in 1773. In North America,
the 47th served in peaceful New Jersey and New York before joining
the Boston Garrison in response to the deteriorating political
situation there. After Boston, they were sent to Quebec where they
drove American Rebels out of Canada before participating in the
ill-fated Saratoga Campaign. Most of the regiment then endured
years of captivity as part of the Convention Army. A fortunate part
of the regiment avoided this fate and defended Canada's borders for
the remained of the war. This period saw the 47th, and the British
Army in North America, quickly adapting to the rapidly evolving
political and military situations they encountered. They
successfully evolved their tactics and doctrine from peaceful
garrison duties to conventional warfare in response to open
rebellion and then to irregular tactics for woodland fighting. Paul
Knight shows how the 47th Foot was able to adapt to the changing
threats and operational environment quickly and effectively. These
were thinking soldiers led by flexible officers capable of adopting
to the prevailing operational environment.
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