The
colonial forces were fighting in a new world using old-world
techniques. The formal European style of military engagement --
lines of soldiers marching across battlefields in bright uniforms,
firing on command - was useless against the Native Americans'.
surprise attacks and undetectable movements through the dense
forests. Both the British and the French were exhausted and
demoralized from waging a war in unfamiliar territory, fighting by
unfamiliar rules. |