Battle Of Monmouth Battle Analysis

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The Battle of the Monmouth Courthouse, more commonly known as the Battle of Monmouth, consisted of a battle fought on June 28, 1778 in what is now known as Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Freehold, New Jersey. This battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought between the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, and the British Army reinforced with Hessian soldiers, led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. The battle is considered to have been fought to a draw (Clinton, 1954). Any and all battles that are fought to a draw can be reanalyzed by future troops to discover flaws in planning and use of intelligence assets. The British should have capitalized what is now known as Human Intelligence assets, reconnaissance/surveillance, and used of fully developed analysis to conduct Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield IPB. The gross failures by the British and their failed use of intelligence led to the …show more content…

However this is not what happened. Major General Lee delayed giving any order and failed to claim the offensive. A properly coordinated attack on the slow moving column would have decimated the British forces (Frey, 1981). Major General Lee would never lead the offensive attack. Twice Major General Lee had to delay his march toward the British line to reconnoiter his position due to lack of familiarization of terrain and his subordinate commanders’ lack of understanding of the mission (Morrissey, 2004). Major General Lee’s delay allowed for British rear guard commander Lieutenant General Cornwallis to seize the initiative. Without Major General Lee’s direct guidance to his commanders, or possible miss guidance, Lieutenant General Cornwallis seized the opportunity and caused the Continental elements to tactically withdrawal at first, then to fully

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