Wellington: Crime and Punishment in the Peninsular War (with Zack White)

<p class="p1">The British army of the Napoleonic era was arguably the most effective to ever take the field…but it had its dark side… ill-discipline. </p> <p class="p1">We’ve all heard the famous “scum of the earth” quotes from Wellington and we know that the redcoats and riflemen were fond of a drink, but do the statistics show them to be an unruly mob of troublemakers? </p> <p class="p1">In the Sharpe TV series and books we see that morally corrupt, brutalised officers could dish out a flogging whenever they felt like it - that the men lived in fear of corporal punishment…But is that also true? </p> <p class="p1">It’s so difficult to sort fact from fiction when it comes to crime and punishment in Wellington’s army and so to help me to do so I am joined today by THE Expert on the subject…Zack White of the Napoleonic Wars podcast. </p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://www.thenapoleonicwars.net/'>https://www.thenapoleonicwars.net/</a> </p>