| Title | : | Redcoat Cavalry in the Revolutionary War |
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| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
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| Publication | : | Published July 28, 2020 |
Horses spurred to the charge, and the clash of how Britain’s elite Light Dragoons fought George Washington’s army
The 16th and 17th Light Dragoons were the only British regular cavalry regiments to fight the “rebels” in the Revolutionary War. Redcoat Cavalry is a blow-by-blow account of their battle against the Continental Army.
In 1776 the men of these elite regiments caused such trouble that Washington put a bounty on their
“The General observing that the Army seems unacquainted with the enemy’s Light Horse; and that when any parties meet with them, they do not oppose them with alacrity ... as an encouragement the General offers 100 Dollars, for every Trooper, with his horse, which shall be brought in.”
Redcoat Cavalry uses original regimental sources to reveal the role of the 16th and 17th Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, from the British considering the Americans to be “the worst soldiers in the world” in 1775, through recognizing them as “a formidable enemy,” to final surrender in 1783.
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Battles and skirmishes of the Revolutionary War fought from the saddle
Terry Brighton has been an Anglican priest, chaplain to the SAS [British Special Forces] and museum curator of The Queen’s Royal Lancers, the descendant regiment of the 16th and 17th Light Dragoons. He is the bestselling author of Patton, Montgomery, Rommel . He lives in England with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Belle.
The 16th and 17th Light Dragoons were the only British regular cavalry regiments to fight the “rebels” in the Revolutionary War. Redcoat Cavalry is a blow-by-blow account of their battle against the Continental Army.
In 1776 the men of these elite regiments caused such trouble that Washington put a bounty on their
“The General observing that the Army seems unacquainted with the enemy’s Light Horse; and that when any parties meet with them, they do not oppose them with alacrity ... as an encouragement the General offers 100 Dollars, for every Trooper, with his horse, which shall be brought in.”
Redcoat Cavalry uses original regimental sources to reveal the role of the 16th and 17th Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, from the British considering the Americans to be “the worst soldiers in the world” in 1775, through recognizing them as “a formidable enemy,” to final surrender in 1783.
Read
Battles and skirmishes of the Revolutionary War fought from the saddle
Terry Brighton has been an Anglican priest, chaplain to the SAS [British Special Forces] and museum curator of The Queen’s Royal Lancers, the descendant regiment of the 16th and 17th Light Dragoons. He is the bestselling author of Patton, Montgomery, Rommel . He lives in England with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Belle.
