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This unit was raised in New York in July 1778 by Sir Henry Clinton in order to merge several small Loyalist units into a single force, a "legion" that combined infantry and cavalry forces and a battery of "flying" (light and fast moving) artillery.
- Royal British Legion
Website. www .britishlegion .org .uk. The Royal British...
- Royal British Legion
The British Legion ( Spanish: Legión británica) or British Legions were foreign volunteer units which fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and under José de San Martín for the independence of Peru, in the Spanish American wars of independence. [4] : 217–220 Venezuelans ...
British legions: Participante en Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas: Actividad: 1817-1828: Organización; Líder: James Towers English James Rooke Gregor McGregor Guillermo Miller: Origen étnico: Gran Colombia Escocia, Inglaterra, Irlanda, Reino de Hannover: Área de operaciones: Venezuela y norte de Sudamérica: Tamaño ...
In 1778, a British force of 3,000 troops under Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell successfully captured Savannah, beginning a campaign to bring the colony of Georgia under British control. A Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah in 1779 ended in failure.
Las legiones británicas fueron unidades militares de los ejércitos de la tercera república de Venezuela y de la desaparecida Gran Colombia que combatieron en las guerras de independencia en Hispanoamérica y que estaban constituidas por tropas de mercenarios y aventureros, entre los que había gente impulsada por la dislocación económica o en búsq...
The British Legion was one of the units of light troops, including the Queen's Rangers and Emmerich's Chasseurs, that skirmished with the Americans around New York City from late August 1778 until late December 1779, when it embarked for Charleston, South Carolina, as part of Sir Henry Clinton's expedition.
