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Podcasts, talks and appearances
Many of my podcast appearances, online talks, debates & links in one place. This is in no way a complete list, but I will attempt to...
Marcus Cribb
Jun 4, 20233 min read
Walking tour of the Battle of Waterloo, on the 208th anniversary free.
The Battle of Waterloo Waterloo occurred on Sunday 18th June 1815. Exactly 208 years later on Sunday 18th June 2023 we have the...
Marcus Cribb
Mar 8, 20232 min read
Peninsular War battlefield tour 2023
Peninsular war tour for September 2023.
Join Dan Hill and Marcus Cribb to explore battlefield sites.
Marcus Cribb
Sep 3, 20224 min read
Lecture in the Gibraltar Garrison Library
I am delighted to have been invited to speak at the Gibraltar Garrison Library by kind hosts in MOD Gibraltar in Her Majesty's Naval Base...
Marcus Cribb
Apr 16, 20221 min read
Battle of Salamanca: Wellington’s Finest Hour? - National Army Museum Lecture
To watch the free lecture click here (and register for crowdcast for free): https://www.crowdcast.io/e/salamanca In July 2021, Zack White...
Marcus Cribb
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Road to Porto: The Battle of Grijo 10th-11th May 1809
Not as famous as many battles of the Peninsula War, The Battle of Grijo was fought on the evening of 10th May and the morning of the 11th...
Marcus Cribb
May 9, 20218 min read
The Plunkett Shot
Thomas Plunkett is one of the most famous Private soldiers of the 95th Rifles, along with Rifleman Harris, who had his story memorialised...
Marcus Cribb
Jan 3, 20218 min read
The Best of Wellington – Five of the Iron Duke’s Victories That Surpass Waterloo
Written for: MilitaryHistoryNow.com • September, 2020 • Many remember Waterloo as Wellington’s most greatest victory. Yet by the time of...
Marcus Cribb
Nov 22, 202011 min read
History Hack - The Cult of Napoleon
I was kindly asked back onto History Hack, a online Podcast run by historians, to discuss, why does the Cult of Napoleon worship persist...
Marcus Cribb
Nov 22, 20201 min read
The Death of the Duke of Wellington 14 September 1852
The Duke died on 14 September 1852, in Walmer Castle on the South coast of Kent, this had been his official residence as Lord Warden of...
Marcus Cribb
Sep 14, 20203 min read
The Battle of Vimeiro 21 August 1808 - Seeing them off in the 'same old style' for the first time.
The French Grenadiers did not make it halfway up the ridge, before the jubilant 52nd, 97th and Rifle battalions added their weight of fire
Marcus Cribb
Aug 19, 202012 min read
The Battle of Roliça 17th August 1808. Wellington’s first Peninsular Attack and Victory.
In 1808 The British sent an expeditionary force to Portugal to help free the country from a recent swift invasion. The reasoning and the...
Marcus Cribb
Aug 16, 20207 min read
Battle of Vitoria 1813 - Wellington on the attack & "the scum of the earth."
The Battle of Vitoria marked the start of the final, though long campaign of the Peninsular War,
Marcus Cribb
Jun 20, 20208 min read
Video: background to Waterloo & Napoleon's Return
I have been proudly teaming up with Joshua Provan, author and founder of the Adventures in Historyland website/blog to produce these...
Marcus Cribb
May 19, 20201 min read
Battle of Almaraz – General Hill's raid
One of the most daring raids of the Peninsula War
Marcus Cribb
May 19, 20205 min read
Battle of Albuera – “Die Hard!”
"recovering they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British Soldier fights"
Marcus Cribb
May 14, 20209 min read
Crossing the Douro, Wellington's amphibious assault.
Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley's (later the Duke of Wellington) Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated the experienced French general... Soult
Marcus Cribb
May 11, 20207 min read
HMS Victory Launched on this day - 7th May
HMS Victory was launched on this day, 7th May 1765, 255 years ago at Chatham Dockyard. On the day of launch, shipwright Hartly Larkin...
Marcus Cribb
May 7, 20202 min read
“If Boney had been there, we should have been beaten.” The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro took place over 3 days, from the 3rd – 5th May 1811. Arthur Wellesley (Lord Wellington) had 37,600 men in...
Marcus Cribb
May 4, 20206 min read
Wellington's Cavalry
A overview of Wellington's Cavalry Regiments.
Marcus Cribb
May 2, 20206 min read
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