Donald E. Graves, "Red Coats & Grey Jackets: The Battle of Chippawa, 5 July 1814".
Publisher: Dundurn Press | english | ISBN: 1550022105 | edition: 1996 | PDF | 216 Pages | 13 Mb
Mr.Graves does an excellent job descirbing an obscure, yet compelling battle of the War of 1812. Winfield Scott professionally trained and lead his famed brigade at Chippewa where he managed to get the better of the British in a brief, but hard fought firer-fight. The book correctly dispels many of the myths associated with this battle. Contrary to popular opinion, the British did not attack in column, as many histories of the war have asserted. The British were a linear army, they generally deployed and fought in a two rank line. This is how they fought and defeated Napeolean in Spain. It would have been illogical of them to have fought any other way at this battle.