The Redcoat History Podcast

The Red River Expedition of 1870: A logistics masterpiece in the Canadian wilderness (Ep.42)

Follow the British army and their local militia allies as they traverse over a thousand miles of Canadian wilderness.

Today I am joined by author Paul McNicholls to talk all about the Red River Campaign of 1870 and the early career of Garnet Wolseley. Stay tuned till the end, as we also discuss whether James Langley Dalton VC (Rorke's Drift) was actually involved in the campaign or not - and we'll also be giving out a Helion books discount code for Paul's book. 

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Peninsular War: Who were the British redcoats and how were they organised? (Ep.41)

In today's episode of the Redcoat History Podcast, I explain who the redcoats were, how they were recruited, and how the British infantry regiments of the Napoleonic wars were organised. 

 

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Vitoria, 1813: How Wellington swept the French from Spain (Ep.40)

Can the British and allied forces bounce back from their debacle at the Siege of Burgos?

In the latest episode, join me to learn all about Wellington's Peninsular campaign in the spring of 1813 and see how he swept the might of Napoleon's army from Spain. It is a gripping story packed with 1st hand accounts and tales of Derring-Do from the Battle of Vitoria fought on the 21st June 1813. 

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Capturing the French Eagle at Barrosa - how Sergeant Masterson became a real-life Richard Sharpe (Ep.39)

Richard Sharpe famously captured an Eagle at the Battle of Talavera, but do you know which real-life warrior was the first British soldier to achieve that impressive feat during the Peninsular war? Well, if you want to learn more, and also find out about the Battle of Barrosa, fought in Spain in 1811, then this is the video for you.

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Why was the Duke of Wellington so successful during the Peninsular War? w/Marcus Cribb (Ep.38)

The Duke of Wellington is probably Britain's greatest ever general. But what were the factors that made him so effective during the Peninsular War against the French?

In this episode, my good friend Marcus Cribb (@mcribbhistory on Twitter) breaks down the Duke's success.

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Napoleonic wars: The fascinating story of black soldiers in the British army (Ep.37)

Today I am joined by John Ellis to talk about a subject I knew nothing about - Black soldiers serving in British regiments during the Napoleonic wars. It turns out that there were quite a lot...a number of whom built great careers. In this episode of the Redcoat History Podcast, John explains where these men came from, how they were treated and what happened to them. 

John doesn't have much of a social media presence but with a little digging his excellent articles can be found. I've linked to a couple of them below:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44230826

https://nottingham.academia.edu/JohnDEllis 

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The Battle of Assaye and the 2nd Anglo-Maratha War w/Josh Provan (Ep.36)

Author Joshua Provan joins the show to talk about his new book - BULLOCKS GRAIN AND GOOD MADEIRA: The Maratha and Jat Campaigns 1803-1806 and the emergence of an Indian Army.

It's a fascinating conflict that marked the coming of age of the East India Company's Indian regiments and saw the rise of Arthur Wellesley with his stunning victory at Assaye.

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The Peninsular War: Disaster at Burgos with Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson (Ep.35)

After the famous Victory at Salamanca in July 1812, Wellington occupied Madrid. At this point, he seemed to lose his magic touch.

In this episode, I am joined by historians Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson to learn the full story behind the campaign known as "Wellington's worst scrape". 

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The First Anglo-Sikh War part 2: Ferozeshah and Sabraon (Ep 34)

This week is the second installment of my chat with Sikh historian Amarpal Singh all about the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845/46. In this episode we hear all about the brutal battles of Mudki, Ferozeshah and Sabraon...arguably the toughest fights that the British army ever faced in India.

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Disaster in Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul - then and now (Ep.33)

A rare unscheduled and unplanned episode of the Redcoat History Podcast. In response to current events in Afghanistan, I thought it is the right time to talk about the 1st Anglo-Afghan war of 1839-1842 particularly the disastrous evacuation of Kabul. It is a horrific and disturbing story and one that seems to have some parallels with the current government in Kabul apparently on the verge of collapse.

 

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