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Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British army officer who played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Tarleton is best known for being a skilled cavalry commander who employed aggressive battle tactics. In addition to his highly successful military career, he lived as a country gentleman pursuing ...
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. Banastre Tarleton was born to upper middle-class parents in Liverpool, England, on August 21, 1754. At the University College, Oxford, he studied toward a law degree but was better known for his athletic abilities, participating in cricket, boxing, riding, and tennis. He was small physically, yet strong and ...
8 de dic. de 2022 · Perhaps no fighter on Revolutionary War battlefields created such a name for themselves as Redcoat cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton. His aggressive tactics ...
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In fact, there seems to have been a unique set of circumstances that set the War in the Backcountry apart from the other Theaters. One British unit in particular achieved a particularly nasty reputation for brutality during the war that has yet to fade: the British Legion under the command of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, a roguish but talented ...
Banastre Tarleton was born into a middle class family in Liverpool, England. Tarleton attended Oxford and briefly studied law at the Middle Temple before his mother purchased him a cornet's commission in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He participated in the first British attack on Charleston in 1776 and eventually transferred to the 16th Light Dragoons.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, boosted by the British success at Camden and other victories, aggressively pursues American general Daniel Morgan’s forces through South Carolina. Confident that his 1,150 men will continue to be successful in the South, Tarleton chases Morgan without knowing how many men Morgan actually has at his side.
O general Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1º Baronete, GCB (21 de agosto de 1754 – 15 de janeiro de 1833) foi um proeminente soldado e político britânico. [ 1 ] Ele veio a notoriedade por seu serviço militar durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos , onde comandou vários grupamentos de cavalaria do exército britânico e chamou a atenção por suas habilidades de liderança em batalha.
