"First of all, we must admit that this time we suffered a painful failure. Our revolutionary forces suffered huge losses. In the process of besieging Athlon and later blocking the British reinforcements, we made great sacrifices. The First Division and Second Division, as well as local troops sacrificed more than 14,000 people. In addition, nearly 10,000 wounded people had to leave the revolutionary army because of their injuries. After paying such a great price, none of the several combat goals we set before the war were achieved. So now, we must summarize what the fundamental reason for our failure this time is.

This is what I personally think about this question.

First of all, because of my past achievements, many comrades in our association, including me, became proud and glamorous. So we cannot really start from reality and study and analyze problems. Instead, we just patted our heads and made a decision. Now, think about how hasty we were when we made this combat deployment!

We are blindly optimistic just because of some past victories, thinking that as long as we attack, we will be able to mobilize the enemy, and the enemy will come to reinforce if we are not prepared enough, and we will be ambushed in our minds - as if the enemy is under our command and must obey our orders. And what should we do if we encounter unexpected situations, we did not make various plans for response in advance. When things are about to come, we will respond hastily, so it would be strange if we do not fail.

Did we make this mistake because of accidental reasons? No, there are accidental mistakes, such as accidentally falling down while walking, which may be accidental. However, there are so many mistakes in such matters that affect the fate of the country. This is definitely not accidental. This is a problem with our own thoughts and our own style!

When we are proud, we are prone to arrogant and cannot look at ourselves objectively. We are like the frog in "Aesop's Fable", thinking that if we bulge our belly, we will be bigger than a cow. When we are proud, we will definitely look down on others and cannot judge others objectively. Therefore, we have almost no correct predictions about the British. When we are proud, we will still be lazy and will not use our brains. So we don't even have plans to respond.

Therefore, this failure is not accidental, but because there are problems in our own thoughts and style. If we cannot correct our attitude and change our style, such failure will never be the last time. Therefore, in the future, even in our lifetime, we must be vigilant and constantly rectify our style. This is the guarantee of the victory of the revolution.

Comrades, although we have suffered another setback, our confidence in the victory of the revolution is unshakable. Comrades, think about our original situation. Isn’t the current situation much better? Look at our enemies, isn’t the decline of their power not obvious compared to before? The road to revolution is tortuous, but the future of revolution is bright. We must be full of confidence in the victory of the revolution..."——"Speech by Russell at the summary meeting of the First Attack of Athlon"

On the British side, of course it was a joy at this time. Although this victory failed to completely wipe out the main force of the "Irish rebels", it was already the biggest victory since the "counter-insurgency war". British newspapers naturally promoted this, and the Governor of Norfolk won the Knights' Cross. Everyone congratulated him and wished him to quickly eliminate the rebels.

However, the Duke of Norfolk did not show much joy in this. He told his friends in private that the situation in Ireland was still serious. He even hoped that the British government would approve him to retire and send someone to take over his position. If he did not take advantage of the opportunity to win the bandit suppression and quickly fool a fool who was eager to pick peaches to be a scapegoat, it would be difficult to find a substitute in the future.

However, the British government rejected his request without hesitation. Although the newspapers blew up the victory, those who had a chance to know that the main force of the Irish rebels was still there and this peach was not easy to pick. So after celebration, I would like to give the medals and give the medals, I wanted to find someone to hold the jar, haha...

But soon the British were not happy because something happened again in North America.

Since the French started the development of Louisiana, the path of the United States to expand westward has been almost completely blocked by the French. Because the dividing line between northern Louisiana and the United States is not clear, there have been a lot of friction between the French and Americans in the border areas over the years. At first, the Americans fought with the "French overseas citizens", then the Americans fought with the Americans, then the Americans fought with the Indians, and then the Americans fought with the Indians, "French overseas citizens" fought with the Indians, and in the end, the French supported Indians and the Americans supported Indians.

Although there are many small fights, there is still basically peace between the Americans and France. The Americans also know that with Louisiana blocking there, the success rate of moving west is very low. So the Americans turned their attention to their northern neighbor, Canada.

In the original history, in order to seize the Canadian region, the Americans took advantage of the British power being restrained by France to declare war on Britain and tried to seize Canada. Of course, this strategic goal was not achieved, but the Presidential Palace was burned. However, in the end, the Americans still announced that they had won the war. However, strangely, the British also believed that they had won the war. In a typical zero-sum game like war, there was a story that both sides of the war were winners.

In this time and space, the Americans' road to west was blocked by the French, but the Americans did not have the confidence to fight with the French. At this time, Britain and France seemed to be fighting again, and the Irish people in the UK started to make trouble again. The Americans immediately had an idea: if they don't destroy Canada at this time, are they still waiting for the French to completely defeat the British, and then everyone will take Canada together?

So the Americans made an excuse and said that the rabbit didn't wear a hat. Oh no, it means that the British colluded with the Indians and attacked the Americans. Then they declared war on the British.

It is really not unfair to say that the British colluded with Indians to attack Americans. They did do such a thing. However, they were not only targeting the United States, and "France overseas citizens" were also targets. However, Americans also colluded with Indians to attack Canada and "France overseas citizens". Then "France overseas citizens" also colluded with Indians to attack Canadians and Americans.
Chapter completed!