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Old 01-30-11, 05:17 PM   #9
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Actually they had been defeated by Continental armies many times before that. For example at the battles of Saratoga, Cowpens, Trenton and Boston, (where btw they still celebrate British Evacuation Day).

It has been said that Washington was able to beat the British by retreating faster than the British could advance and establish logistics.

Not a bad tactic actually.
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