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Of the British Army regiments raised during the war, primarily for military service in North America or the Caribbean, only three, the 23rd Light Dragoons and the 73rd and 78th Foot, survived the post-war reductions in the Army.
The attrition of constant fighting, [1] the decision by the Kingdom of France to ultimately lend considerable military support to the cause of American independence, [1] and the withdrawal of a sizable number of British forces from North America in 1778 were all factors in the British Army's ultimate defeat. [1]
William Dalrymple (British Army officer) Thomas Davies (British Army officer) Oliver De Lancey (British Army officer, died 1822) Oliver De Lancey (American loyalist) Arent DePeyster; John Deseronto; John Despard; William Dickson (MP) Moore Disney; George Don (British Army officer) Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester; Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet ...
Half-pay Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army, formerly of the 103rd Foot. [7] Dismissed by Congress. [8] An experienced British military officer, Lee had hoped to be appointed commander-in-chief instead of Washington. He was a somewhat difficult subordinate of Washington's, delaying execution of orders or deliberately flouting them at times.
The provincial troops differed from the militia, in that they were a full-time military organization conducting extended operations. They differed from the regular British Army, in that they were recruited only for one campaign season at the time. These forces were often recruited through a quota system applied to the militia.
The office of Commander-in-Chief, North America was a military position of the British Army. Established in 1755 in the early years of the Seven Years' War , holders of the post were generally responsible for land-based military personnel and activities in and around those parts of North America that Great Britain either controlled or contested.
Charles, Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a military officer who served in the British Army during the American War of Independence. He is best known for surrendering his army after the 1781 siege of Yorktown, an act that ended major hostilities in North America and led directly to peace negotiations and the eventual end of the war.
The British then moved to Concord and faced a larger number of militia. The British were rapidly outnumbered at Concord, with the arrival of the slower moving militia; they had not counted on a long fight, and so had not brought additional ammunition beyond the standard issue in the soldiers' cartridge boxes.