Marcus CribbMay 98 minRoad to Porto: The Battle of Grijo 10th-11th May 1809Not 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 CribbJan 38 minThe Plunkett ShotThomas Plunkett is one of the most famous Private soldiers of the 95th Rifles, along with Rifleman Harris, who had his story memorialised...
Marcus CribbNov 22, 202011 minThe 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 CribbNov 22, 20201 minHistory Hack - The Cult of NapoleonI was kindly asked back onto History Hack, a online Podcast run by historians, to discuss, why does the Cult of Napoleon worship persist...
Marcus CribbSep 14, 20203 minThe Death of the Duke of Wellington 14 September 1852The 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 CribbAug 19, 202012 minThe 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 CribbAug 16, 20207 minThe 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 CribbJun 20, 20208 minBattle 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 CribbMay 19, 20201 minVideo: background to Waterloo & Napoleon's ReturnI have been proudly teaming up with Joshua Provan, author and founder of the Adventures in Historyland website/blog to produce these...
Marcus CribbMay 19, 20204 minBattle of Almaraz – General Hill's raidOne of the most daring raids of the Peninsula War
Marcus CribbMay 14, 20209 minBattle 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 CribbMay 11, 20206 minCrossing 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 CribbMay 7, 20202 minHMS Victory Launched on this day - 7th MayHMS Victory was launched on this day, 7th May 1765, 255 years ago at Chatham Dockyard. On the day of launch, shipwright Hartly Larkin...
Marcus CribbMay 4, 20206 min“If Boney had been there, we should have been beaten.” The Battle of Fuentes de OñoroThe 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 CribbApr 29, 20205 minWellington the boy.I am writing this to tie into what would have been the 251st Birthday of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, on 1st May 1769....
Marcus CribbApr 28, 20201 minJosh & Marcus: All Things Wellington VideoJosh Provan, from Adventures in Historyland and I, both enthusiastic, decided to start a series of video calls, to tell the story of...
Marcus CribbApr 22, 20205 minFrench atrocities against civilians in the Peninsular WarA difficult topic, but one that is often 'dismissed' by Francophile historians as too common, was the French Army's behaviour towards the...
Marcus CribbApr 15, 20202 minWellington's first Peninsular CommandIn June 1808 Wellington was back in Britain, having returned from 9 years exemplary service in India (1796 - 1805), having won famous...
Marcus CribbApr 15, 20203 minThe Gentlemen Riders – Yeomanry in Georgian Britain In 1793, the French revolutionary government declared war on Great Britain, adding fear of foreign invasion to that of domestic...
