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 ...

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 ...

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

The Redcoats, British soldiers, stood in a swampy meadow in Cambridge for several hours on that chilly night of April 18, 1775, before they got the order to march. They walked 40 miles that night ...

The British might have saved the lives of some redcoats if they hadn't attacked New Orleans, but they were still technically at war. 4. Poor British Planning Was as Important as the American Defense.

In the early hours of Sept. 28, 1778, several hundred British redcoats stealthily approached the village of Old Tappan, close to New Jersey’s border with New York. Their commander, Maj. Gen ...

On this morning 235 years ago, the Royal Welch Fusiliers were recovering from a disastrous fighting retreat from Concord back to Boston. In one day, the British in Boston had gone from confident ...

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 ...

Fort Ticonderoga has acquired three rare British muskets that were carried by redcoats at the northern New York stronghold 240 years ago. Skip to content. Memorials. Advertise With Us.

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) — Fort Ticonderoga has acquired three rare British muskets that were carried by redcoats at the northern New York stronghold 240 years ago.Officials at the historic site… ...