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battle of charleston
Shoot and scoot (hit and run).
In North America, hit and run tactics; guerrilla warfare.
Hit and run simply means=not staying to fight (not sticking around).
Traditional tactics involve taking and holding territory, securing the area, and moving forward. Guerrilla fighters employ hit-and-run tactics.
Continental Army. (the Americans)
Also stated as "chicken-livered," chicken-hearted means cowardly. Prone to run from trouble. Cowardly.
Light cav. Designed and equipped for quick moving about, reconnaissance work, hit and run tactics, etc.
The use of nontraditional military tactics helped the patriots defeat the British. The British were not accustomed to the guerrilla tactics and were taken by surprise.
It was not as functional as the weapons from WW2. But, that's where our basic hit and run tactics came from.
In "The Wizard of Oz" the cowardly lion needed some courage.While riding his bicycle, my son was hit be a cowardlydriver who left the scene of the accident.
Pro-communist rebels, and similar rebellion factions, used similar tactics, as their Viet Cong neighbors in South Vietnam, e.g. hit and run guerrilla tactics, land mines, etc.