Vagaina Introduction

infantry Patterns in America, cont

What ranks have used various armies in the War of Independence of the United States? Surely all
British troops and provincial (loyalists) are moving in two rows, and can choose between the chic compact and loose. Hesi after Long Island, from the 1777 fight in two ranks, but in a compact formation, which we know from the letter of General Knyphausena, who in 1781, unsuccessfully begged his lord for permission to operate in loose formation, allowing faster maneuvers. On the other hand, the Regiment von Bose, who took an active part in the campaign to Caroline appears to have no problem with the interaction with the British. Interesting is also the diary of Colonel Campbell expedition against Savannah in 1778. Campbell left the detailed calculations of the formation of his small body, which shows that the predicted line soldier in a yard (90 cm) of land, without making any distinction between the British units, provincial and two battalions heskimi. It follows from this that if only the Hessians troops are not fighting under the command of his generals, can use the loose formation. What tyralierą? This certainly use hescy jegrzy, it seems that it should not be available to other individuals. Brunswick
Army use two sets in their only campaign that ended with the surrender at Saratoga. Even before heading to the shares they received intensive training in a loose formation, but we know that the soldiers under General Riesedla Freeman's Farm, going into combat ranks to the compact zacieśnili. You can see that they can adapt their ranks to the situation.
And what about Americans? There are not any instructions relating to their ranks on the battlefield, and the variety used by these regulations do not permit generalization. Certainly they fought in two ranks and chic compact. Will the British model loosens up the ranks? It seems that the rather uncommon - even at the end of the war can be heard complaining about the "rigid German tactics of" hindering the fighting in difficult terrain. As if, contrary to the Hessian Captain Ewald jegrów, during his captivity at Yorktown, which is already at the end of the war exercises of the U.S. watched the regimental set "with the interval width of man", which is a loose formation. In this situation it seems to me that the infantry should Mainland be able to use the loose formation, but the police have to fight only in a dense pattern.
separate theme is the use by the British and Americans tyraliery, however I will some other time.
The French case is simple - Line Infantry and Grenadiers operate only in the ranks of compact (and three ranks!) While szaserzy and colonial units of various types can also use tyraliery.