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Please ive been stuck on this!! Why do you think British commanders sometimes referred to Washington as the “old fox”? How does he use retreat as a strategy?

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Washingtons cunning strategies and the British overconfidence

Step-by-step explanation:

The old fox is a play on words referring to the saying cunning as a fox. Washington used retreat as a way to institute confidence on the enemy withch left them vulnerable to ambush in multiple ocasions.

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