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The podcast for military history geeks and people with a passion for good stories. We focus on British and Commonwealth military history from the birth of the redcoat era through to modern warfare.
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Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
In today's episode Steve Brown talks us through Sir Charles Grey's fascinating campaign in the West Indies at the start of the wars with Revolutionary France. Learn about the British army's excellent use of light troops and how they beat the odds in desperate jungle fighting.
Riddled with disease - casualty rates amongst the redcoats were disastrous.
Steve's book on the subject is called By Fire and Bayonet and is available from www.helion.co.uk
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