The Baron Friedrich Adolf Riedesel zu Eisenbach was a senior officer of Brunswick–Luneburg troops who commanded Jagers in the Northern theater of the American War of Independence. When the American Revolution broke out in 1775, the British government found itself in need of trained troops to suppress the rebellion. The rulers of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel came from the Bevern line of the House of Brunswick-Luneburg, while the British throne was occupied by the Hanover line of the same family. In 1776, Duke Charles I signed a treaty with George III of the United Kingdom to provide 4,000 foot soldiers and 350 heavy dragoons for British service. During the campaign, Riedesel showed an ability to adapt to combat in the American wilderness. He issued new orders to his army to attack in open order from cover of trees, and when forced to fight in the open, to close order and immediately charge with the bayonet. Riedesel retired in 1793, but was named Commandant of the city of Brunswick. He met John Quincy Adams in 1797, and "made many enquiries about the United States, and in particular after General Schuyler." Riedesel died at Brunswick in 1800.