The American cavalry managed to complete a full three-hundred sixty degree turn around the hill at the center of this battle, and managed to surprise the malnourished and tired British in a classic pincer.
One side in this battle kept Fraser's Highlanders in reserve during the initial charge. One side planted their troops solidly between the Broad and Pacolet Rivers to prevent desertion, and this battle saw an early retreat covered by cavalry under William Washington and James McCall, and subsequent reorganization into three lines. The American cavalry managed to complete a full three-hundred sixty degree turn around the hill at the center of this battle, and managed to surprise the malnourished and tired British in a classic pincer. A victory for Brigadier General Daniel Morgan over Colonel Banastre Tarleton, FTP, name this key 1781 battle during the southern campaign of the revolutionary war named for a city in South Carolina.
One side in this battle kept Fraser's Highlanders in reserve during the initial charge.
Battle of {Cowpens}