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In reality, the British were fighting an insurrection that often broke traditional rules of war for the eighteenth century. To complicate matters, British troops were fighting on foreign soil. Many British and Hessian commanders had to scramble to navigate uncharted country. Complicating matters more, their enemy was often hiding in plain sight among the population. It was not uncommon for pockets of rebel resistance or militia to dissolve back into local towns and villages after attacking British forces. Though there were major engagements between two opposing armies in the field, many more battles devolved into hostile guerrilla warfare. Despite Loyalist sentiments among portions of the colonies, the British army was rarely viewed favorably among colonists, including Loyalists. Foraging and plundering local supplies left many colonists resentful of the foreign occupiers.
>https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/revolutionary-war-strategy