The British Army has shrunk to its lowest level since the early 1800s. Years of relentless budget cutbacks have left it with just 73,000 active-duty soldiers.That's a far cry from the Chinese army ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

You can imagine the audible groan in 1757 when 200 British Redcoat soldiers came tramping down Old Route 13 in Lower Bucks County to billet in Bristol. Borough citizens knew they’d have to put ...

Street signs in Lexington, Massachusetts, bear an emblem today that pays homage to Captain John Parker and the town militia, 77 men who stood up 700 British Redcoats on April 19, 1775, and fought ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord, and exchanged fire - the "shot heard ...

The ‘redcoats’ of the British Army were worn for hundreds of years, but use of the word has now become its own battleground. By Alison Campsie. Comment. Published 14th Feb 2024, 04:55 BST.

Murray, who lives in Leicester, dons the characteristic red coat of the British Army as a reenactor. He is preparing to engage in the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which ...

It all began at the Concord North Bridge 250 years ago this Saturday — April 19, 1775. The king of England's "Red Coat" British soldiers engaged with a motley focused group of providential ...

Murray, who lives in Leicester, dons the characteristic red coat of the British Army as a reenactor. He is preparing to engage in the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which ...

"NOVA" features a skilled marksman firing the British Army's smoothbore musket at a relatively close target, unable to hit anything -- even the planks holding up the paper target downrange.

A decade before America’s original No Kings movement, Ben Franklin stood in London before the House of Commons and — while ...

The Carolina Corps wasn’t the first Black military unit to serve the crown. During the Seven Years’ War, which spanned 1756 to 1763, the British recruited enslaved and free Black men from the ...