Ain’t Washington. It’s Mo. And Mo is winning.
Frou-frou?........
What a great and interesting topic. For some reason I think of the other British wars and battles (the few that I knew) as being huge and epic.
But with our Revolution it seems more rag-tag with more wit and logistics than the huge epic battles.
God bless George Washington.
I wonder if they mention General Koos de la Rey or General Christian de Wet or General Piet Joubert. All Boer Generals who played decisive parts during the various wars the British waged on the Boers. The second Anglo-Boer War was responsible for leading to the demise of the British Empire & cost the Boers 50 % of their child population.
Someone posted there, and I think a case can be made for: Neville Chamberlain.
National Army Museum: Who Was the Greatest Commander to Face the British?
George Washington is the greatest man in history, excluding Jesus Christ. He was the most important man in the foundation of the greatest, most powerful, and most advanced nation in history of mankind...
... as well as our greatest President.
What about Canute and William the Conqueror who actually conquered them?
Michael Collins?
Hysterical.....shows how weak Britannia has become
surprised Hilter wasn’t on the list.
Here is a little description of one of his battles. Excerpted from link.
The first clash of the battle was 500 English cavalry engaging the Scottish schiltrons. The Scots held their lines. The English cavalry kept retreating and charging into the schiltrons to try to break the lines, but to no avail. The cavalry force was decimated with very little loss to the Scottish troops. Robert the Bruce was actually concerned about the English cavalry charge, and thought that his men were losing, so he sent reinforcements. To his surprise, his reinforcements found that the English cavalry had been beaten. The English army was advancing across the Bannockburn, and one English knight, Henry De Bohun, saw Robert the Bruce going back to the Scottish ranks and tried to kill him. However, Robert the Bruce heard him coming, and killed him with his axe. If Henry would have killed Robert the Bruce, the whole history of the British Isles could have been changed. The Scottish army would have been demoralized, and they may have not fought the Battle of Bannockburn after their leader's death. The English were camped between the Gillies Hill and the Bannockburn gorge. Robert the Bruce had come up with a plan. Between the battleground and the English camp, was a small gorge. This would slow the English progress. Robert planned to attack the English there.
The English cavalry had crossed the gorge and the Scots had formed up along the plain. The Scots formed in their schiltrons, and they held their lines against the 2,500 English knights. The remaining retreating cavalry caused much panic in the English army. The longbowmen, whom were still crossing the gorge, fired, and hit some of their retreating cavalry while killing few of their intended targets. The longbowmen were soon scattered by 500 light Scottish cavalry commanded by Keith the Marischal of Scotland whom came out from the woods. It has been speculated by some historians that some of these cavalry were exiled Templar Knights, but there is no real source for this. The Scots then charged on the English infantry still remaining near the gorge, and pushed them all of the way back onto the edge of the Bannockburn. The English army was decisively defeated because of the great use of terrain by Robert the Bruce. The two decisive victories that the Scottish won in their first war of independence were due to the strategic use of terrain. Later, in 1328, King Robert I would sign the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton with King Edward III(King Edward II had been deposed and killed in 1327), which would officially end the war. The war had been won by the underdogs. The Scottish did not have the weapons or the manpower to beat the English, yet with the use of superior tactics, they won their independence from England.
Sounds just a little familiar. At any rate, from this link.