The seven disadvantages faced by the british army and navy they were not at home. the americans were able to enlist the aid of france and spain. they had as many as six different armies fighting in different locations at any one time. they were slow to adapt to the type of fighting they were forced to do in the wilderness. they were unable to use their alliances with the indians to their advantage. their commanders were independent of each other and had no central command on this side of the atlantic. which answer best completes the previous list?