Petit Guerra - Forage Wars
Feb 12, 2013 11:24:02 GMT -5
Post by hefferman1 on Feb 12, 2013 11:24:02 GMT -5
Here is a look at the Petit Guerra, or Forage Wars in the American Revolution.
This was early guerrilla warfare. There is much to be learned form this.
www.bob-owens.com/2013/02/petite-guerre/comment-page-1/#comment-55368
"Oh, Please. A bunch of hicks with deer rifles could never take on the government.”
– every leftist beta-male, ever
"Because of the constant harassment of the Jersey militia raiders, the petite guerre created deplorable conditions in British and German camps. Overcrowding, poor food, too few supplies and poor sanitation led to more than half of the British forces sent into the Jersey campaign in 1776 New Jersey being rendered dead, wounded, too ill to fight, or otherwise ineffective."
blog.projectwhitehorse.com/2011/02/washington-2/
"By the Spring of 1777, many British officers had concluded that they could never win the war. At the same time, Americans recovered from their despair and were confident that they could not be defeated. That double transformation was truly a turning point in the war."
"Throughout the Revolution, George Washington's strategic purposes were constant: to win independence by maintaining American resolve to continue the war, by preserving an American army in being, and by raising the cost of the war to the enemy. He was always fixed on these strategic ends but flexible in operational means. No single label describes his operations."
READ THIS PART!!!
"In the Winter '77 Campaign/New Jersey Campaign and Forage War, American troops repeatedly defeated larger and better trained regular forces in many different types of warfare: what we now label special operations, maneuver warfare including a night river crossing and assault on an urban garrison, a fighting retreat, a defensive battle in fixed position, a disengagement to a night march into the enemy's rear, a meeting engagement, and a prolonged petite guerre – the small war. The British on the other hand were on the wrong side of tempo, constantly harassed, forced to bring in more troops which exacerbated housing and feeding and spread of disease. Despite the maintenance of rigid command structure, British and German field commanders understood what was happening and attempted to lure the American militia and regular army into head on attacks or set ambushes for the attacks on foraging. But under mission type orders, Washington lieutenants continued to maintain initiative, disengage where necessary and even ambush the ambushers. By the spring of 1777, many British officers had concluded they could never win the war."
You don't have to win major battles to defeat the enemies ability to fight and win a war, only make the cost too high to keep fighting the war, and you have won.
If one guy, Dorner can do what is being done in So Cal, what can 1,000 do in each and every state?
This was early guerrilla warfare. There is much to be learned form this.
www.bob-owens.com/2013/02/petite-guerre/comment-page-1/#comment-55368
"Oh, Please. A bunch of hicks with deer rifles could never take on the government.”
– every leftist beta-male, ever
"Because of the constant harassment of the Jersey militia raiders, the petite guerre created deplorable conditions in British and German camps. Overcrowding, poor food, too few supplies and poor sanitation led to more than half of the British forces sent into the Jersey campaign in 1776 New Jersey being rendered dead, wounded, too ill to fight, or otherwise ineffective."
blog.projectwhitehorse.com/2011/02/washington-2/
"By the Spring of 1777, many British officers had concluded that they could never win the war. At the same time, Americans recovered from their despair and were confident that they could not be defeated. That double transformation was truly a turning point in the war."
"Throughout the Revolution, George Washington's strategic purposes were constant: to win independence by maintaining American resolve to continue the war, by preserving an American army in being, and by raising the cost of the war to the enemy. He was always fixed on these strategic ends but flexible in operational means. No single label describes his operations."
READ THIS PART!!!
"In the Winter '77 Campaign/New Jersey Campaign and Forage War, American troops repeatedly defeated larger and better trained regular forces in many different types of warfare: what we now label special operations, maneuver warfare including a night river crossing and assault on an urban garrison, a fighting retreat, a defensive battle in fixed position, a disengagement to a night march into the enemy's rear, a meeting engagement, and a prolonged petite guerre – the small war. The British on the other hand were on the wrong side of tempo, constantly harassed, forced to bring in more troops which exacerbated housing and feeding and spread of disease. Despite the maintenance of rigid command structure, British and German field commanders understood what was happening and attempted to lure the American militia and regular army into head on attacks or set ambushes for the attacks on foraging. But under mission type orders, Washington lieutenants continued to maintain initiative, disengage where necessary and even ambush the ambushers. By the spring of 1777, many British officers had concluded they could never win the war."
You don't have to win major battles to defeat the enemies ability to fight and win a war, only make the cost too high to keep fighting the war, and you have won.
If one guy, Dorner can do what is being done in So Cal, what can 1,000 do in each and every state?