TIL of St Clair’s defeat in 1791, when Native Americans supplied with British made firearms, demolished a US military force and killed 656 soldiers, in what has been regarded as one of the worst ever defeats of the US military. wikipedia.org Submitted by ChadExtra t3_10qa8v3 on January 31, 2023 at 8:57 PM in todayilearned 10 comments 810
Unhappy-Valuable-596 t1_j6oslb9 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:01 PM Where they Americans then? Permalink 3 ChadExtra OP t1_j6othd0 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:07 PM The Native Americans defeated a US military force. They had been given guns by the British (as part of a strategy of encouraging insurrection against the American government). Permalink Parent 35 Gemmabeta t1_j6ouih3 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:13 PM Yes, the British formally recognized US sovereignty in 1783. Permalink Parent 34
ChadExtra OP t1_j6othd0 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:07 PM The Native Americans defeated a US military force. They had been given guns by the British (as part of a strategy of encouraging insurrection against the American government). Permalink Parent 35
Gemmabeta t1_j6ouih3 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:13 PM Yes, the British formally recognized US sovereignty in 1783. Permalink Parent 34
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