16126 Native American Warrior Advancing Crouched Down K&C Christmas Collection Vandeleur of the Irish Guards

Vandeleur of the Irish Guards in the film

on average

Sadly all too many of the British 1st

a pioneer was one who dug trenches to allow besieging forces to advance towards the enemy defensive works and forts

Surely combatants would and did die in these mock confrontations and through small raids but this was not the norm

16126 Native American Warrior Advancing Crouched Down K&C Christmas Collection Vandeleur of the Irish GuardsNative American war parties were often small and traveled great distances, often through territory not well recorded by Europeans. Stealth was a trait learned from the elders for hunting game in the forest that proved to be just as valuable in warfare. The tried European military doctrine of the time required men to stand straight and form into columns and lines to work as a group, something the virgin forests of North America did not facilitate. It