he became the commander of the british army and learned of his appointment in may of 1778. he was the third british commander during the war. gage had been there for many years before the revolution and was recalled after the disasters along concord road and bunker hill and general william howe succeeded and when he was commander in 76 and 77 and resigned after saratoga so then he was named the commander he was from an aristocratic family. his father was a career naval officer who became the royal governor of new york and spent some of his formative years and new york city. he fought in two wars before the revolutionary war and earned a reputation as a brave, courageous, risk-taking soldier who was seriously wounded in an engagement in germany in the seven year war in the early 1760s. he was an intellectually curious individual. he read especially deeply on military history and strategy and in the year before the war broke out out of his own pocket he paid to make the trip deep into eastern europe between the russians and the turks hoping to learn more about the military str

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so we prisoners from the british army held in charlottesville or winchester, who made their way over the mountains to escape. we also have some 18 months men and 8 months men, drafted into the army for a time and do not want to go and serve. so, they are going to join this rebellion. there is some claim that they are english agents trying to convince these men to rebel. whether or not there is any proof has never conclusively been proven. as with any kind of conspiracy like this, there is a lot of theories that are floating around, a lot of misinformation and a lot of panic. but the fear has a will effect on the virginia government. there is fear that these men will join with cornwallis, fear they might burn hagerstown to the ground. so, there is a lot of going on in the spring of 1781. and here's a modern view of where the brake farm is today courtesy of google. the log building is an original 18th century building but there would've been a much larger farm and mill complex located here. this is an area of very heavily wooded area. a lot of hills and hollows. the perfect place to lea

army to be able to hold onto that territory. i think he's exactly right. i don't think there's any way that the british had combat power to be able to link up their armies in albany, conductl follow-on military operations to the east and to new england and hold onto that hudson river corridor and keep the new england state separated from the middle states and southern states. i just don't think they had the combat part to do it. i think the entire plan was based on false assumptions that -- that number 1 merely linking up these armies, good things would happen after that. ii think that was the assumption that they made and, of course, the other assumptions being that there's so many loyalists in upstate new york that they would all -- that was a bad assumption. another assumption about native americans, the native americans would block army and that didn't happen. it was based on a lot of pretty bad assumptions. >> he didn't get the french canadian support. >> no. >> either. >> no, he didn't. and the other -- the final piece of your question when you said about howe had to understand he was meant to go

and that was mostly militia patriot forces that were surprised by a force of british army. and loyalists militia and they were defeated. so this was a british victory. so you've got some some activity going on in the back country some back and forth. and then later on that year you have the that siege of savannah in september october 79 and that's when continental forces were trying to take back savannah, but they failed. like i said we mentioned this before. and then you have again kind of a little more into the backcountry of the time the siege of augusta may through june 1781. this was when andrew pickens and the ever so famous henry light horse harry lee attacked a british occupied augusta and the patriots defeated the british. and then you dive into a year later and 72 savannah ends up back in patri hands like i mentioned before the war by 1870. i'm sorry by 1780 to wasn't doing well in the south. and so governor wright is ordered by the british to evacuate the city in june and the next month the city is evacuated. and let me make sure. everything here we go. so georgia

but overseeing is defeat the british army had a surrender in the japanese army, another british army d a surrender, a germany army. there . disillusioned. and churchill decided to step back. but to see this jewel in the crown, a jewel in the mediterranean crown. it would be a disastrous blow and affect the whole empire. so he gave the orders to the wrong navy, this applies gotta be run at any cost. and they kneel that they had any chance of getting this through, they're going to have to have it carried. now britain had four carriers of the war and we only had seven left. the american carriers. it will for those carriers were committed to operation pedestal along with two battleships seven cruisers and 30 destroyers and eight submarines. in the ships were dispatched, the passage of 14 and what followed was three or four day battle. which was one of the bloodiest naval battles of the western war. and sometimes when the fleets go out thereur not sure with the be engaging with but every one of those did so with that fleet. they're going to have to fight the battle of their lives so they d

that serves— regiment in the british army that serves all— regiment in the british army that servesough the war, actually, but landed on gold beach on 0-day, — actually, but landed on gold beach on d—day, not far from where the memorial— on d—day, not far from where the memorial is— on d—day, not far from where the memorial is today. and went all the way through to the end of the war. you can— way through to the end of the war. you can tell— way through to the end of the war. you can tell from the letters that are being — you can tell from the letters that are being written home and from the diaries— are being written home and from the diaries that _ are being written home and from the diaries that these are boy men, they are old _ diaries that these are boy men, they are old enough to command tanks, they are _ are old enough to command tanks, they are old — are old enough to command tanks, they are old enough to be out there, but they— they are old enough to be out there, but they are — they are old enough to be out there, but they are still dot like you can still see — but they ar

to a smaller japanese army and another british army surrender to a smaller german army and the britishpeople, we are feeling pretty disillusioned but to lose malta, jewel in the mediterranean crown, lost to the access would be disastrous blow to the credibility of the whole empire. and so he gave the order to the navy that supplies have to be run to malta at any cost and they knew that having a chance of getting ships through they would need air cover. britain had lost 4 carriers in the war and we only had 7 left. smaller than american carriers. well, four of those carriers. four of the 7 were committed to operation pedestal along with two battleships, 7 cruises and 30 destroyers and submarines and these ships beginning of august 1942 were dispatch to cover 14 vessels to malta, what followed 3 or 4-day battle which was one of the bloodiest naval battles of the western war. and sometimes when fleets put to sea, they weren't sure if they were going the find themselves engaged or not. knew that they were going to have the fight the battle of their lives and so they did. the first day augu

i don't know of any army in the world had a steeper tougher learning curve than the british hath army originally western desert force and then eventually british eighth army alamein the three alamines. don't just pop out of nowhere. do they the same army had just been handled very roughly in in june at that bizal and over. yeah, so i'm going to be scathing of the british army here in the sense laura the the british western desert force actually is very well trained. it has very good doctrine. it knows how to fight in the desert far better than the italians or indeed the germans when they first arrive and but against the the german doctrine against the german panzer divisions, they find that nothing works and they get trapped into a cycle of improvisation of trying new things constantly and every time it fails so they keep switching they keep changing and it has to be said, you know, the the british forces in the desert have weaknesses in particular equipments that are really vital in desert fighting. one of the most important actually is is there radios and the british can't use combi

were not worth the paper they'd written on if the unit ran away as some units of the american british army did. on the 22nd inventory ran away. got into trouble with british units when i mentioned normandie for instance they ran away. transcanada would work for years so we were all heroes. it is amazing how many men brave those wars and women to pray but not everybody is a hero. not all making a stab at the truth but awfully struggling to get it right. >> one of these small statistics on all hell let loose more people died crossing the street in london because of the blackout they were killed. >> not literally crossing the street in london. it's killed in traffic accidents in britain. that is true in the same way another statistic i sometimes find ironic 1945 hitler began raiding his b weapons, his rockets on britain. they voted bombing effort sites for which these were launched. but the main result of this was more french and dutch people were killed by allied bombing of the weapon sites in british people were killed by the b weapons in britain. that is another typical ironies of war. the

it is the last time during the war when broadly defined and independent british army fights and winds. and although british forces fight alongside their american counterparts throughout the rest of the war, from el alamein onwards, britain's position is overshadowed by the united states. ultimately divot tory ensures the british empire would end with one last reign of military glory before the sunset and would have been the world's largest imperial project. and the final military achievement of britain is a last great power, also the last hurrah of the british empire. so today the logic of those objectives have now completely evaporated. i think that is one of the reasons why it seems dislocated in a sense. so ultimately it was much more than just a simply famous victory. i think it was a pivotal, pivotal campaign in the second world war which helped to shape the outcome, not only of that war but have much else besides. thank you. >> wonderful presentation, thank you so much. i think what we would like to do now is go onto a round table session. just the three of us shooting the ball

the british army which had surrounded the american army there was about to come up with the east river and also siege lines were creeping forward. it was a perilous time. it was a time in our history when all could be lost. washington had a decision to make. was he going to retreat or fight and washington decided to retreat. this is the time when all could be lost. the entire army could be surrounded and destroyed and everything rested upon the shoulders of the men in the book that i've written about, the marblehead men. washington decided to retreat and he had to cross a mile long river, the east river and this is -- let me take you back in time to august 30 . there had been a massive nor'easter that had pelted both armies for two days straight after the battle of brooklyn . each lines and then creeping forward into the american position at brooklyn heights and lord howells army was closer and closer to annihilatingthe american army . washington decides to escape john glover and the marblehead men they basically gather all the goats that are in manhattan and they man those votes and t

by the time of 1778 when this large british. army and indian ally and british led army was going to cut through kentucky go through the over the mountains or through the mountains the cumberland gap or how they could get to the into, virginia, north carolina and started two front war that probably would have doomed the american revolution. it was daniel boone. who was the leader of that the fort that everybody turned to for leadership and they they survived that siege that if boonsboro had fallen. we might be writing a very different history of the outcome of the american revolution and most people we understand who think they know daniel boone had no idea. what a pivotal role he played the american revolution. that that he seemed to have this the zelig like a way to to show up. i mean there was there was daniel boone serving with george, washington in 1755 under the british general braddock during one of the most biggest defeats that a british army ever suffered in the in the americas they barely both of them washington and boone ba

you'll see that the british army and the british empire, celebrated not said the loyalists, are a minority on the island of ireland. changing demographics means they'll soon be a minority in northern ireland to the artwork. on this side is inward looking. it captures a siege mentality. selling support is a flags and eunice, probably via flags. renters matches. so the conflict here it's carried on to glasgow elsewhere. football is seen as cathartic war by proxy. but when celtic and rangers clash, glasgow streets can seem like a battle ground. the turf war sometimes breaks out on the pitch too. since the scottish lead began in 1891, these 2 teams have wanted over a 100 times between them. animosity has made this darby one of the fewest in world football at queens university in belfast. the 2 tribes are seen in a deeper historical context. football is the last preserve for the expression of those 19th century, sir karen identities that that were formed in glasgow as a result of the irish migration. so glasgow turf has become the battlefield for an irish war. scotland is less riven by sectaria

army, as part of the land-lease program, agreed with the british army to produce the british six-pounderntitank gun in the united states. there was no u.s. army require for the 57 millimeter six-pounder antitank gun. it was that britain had a shortage of machine tools to manufacture, therefore, the u.s. agreed to do so. in 1943, the u.s. army decides we are going to lean forward and adopt the 57 millimeter antitank gun to replace the 57. it starts to appear in-service -- to replace the 37. it starts to appear in-service at the end of the africa campaign. infantry was not keen on the 57 millimeter antitank gun. it wasn't so much its performance, it was its size. the photo i am showing gives you some idea of this issue. the weapon jumped in weight. it was three times as heavy as the 37. you might say, it is not hard to to wait with a truck, but in combat, you can't leave your prime mover with a gun. as soon as you fire the antitank gun, there is a chance the enemy is going to fire back. the infantry guns had to have the ability to move the gun rapidly, and the 57, weighing over 2000 pounds

devolved government in northern ireland and address the legacy of the past. >> i have no faithn the british armytish government at the minute when i see what they're trying to do and give amnesty to british soldiers. >> reporter: 40 years after his sister carol anne was hit in the head by a rubber bullet, mark kelly is still seeking answers. the 12-year-old schoolgirl was playing outside her home. there had been rioting in this neighborhood a few days earlier, but kelly insists it was peaceful when his sister was fatally wounded. >> the first thing we want is a proper investigation. i was standing less than two feet from my sister when she was shot in the head. i was never spoken to by the police. prevent the disclosure of the activities they were engaged in during the conflict. >> reporter: mark thompson runs relatives for justice, which supports those bereaved or injured during the so-called troubles. he has no faith in the british government. >> what are you trying to justify, when you lock away files about the killing of children by british soldiers for 70 and 100 years? these are the issues

you suggested a link between those pictures of, of atrocities coming from palestine and the british army. and the, and the british state has the israel, i know they've been accused of killing jonas in the past, borrowed from the nato playbook when it famously blew up belgrade tv, and you get sloppier in this destruction of the, the big tower in gaza. housing, media organizations, it's a lot more day just now and then when i was a war correspond, but in particularly in se, asia, because now your side that is the side representing the people whose newspaper are broadcasting. organization st. you are aiming for you, your target and but at the very least, these palestinian cameraman, photographers, and journalists, they are targets. but every, all journalists now are targets go into some broad church and london into the corner. the pays tribute to journalists who died and in covering covering was and there they are. the names the names are listed in the last few years, but indicate the trend that the u. s. in particular, doesn't give a damn why the journalists feel whether you have a line yo

here british army soldiers walked the streets handing out information and test kits.n teams work to get doses to all willing adults, and masks are still everywhere. even outside, a rare sight in the uk. >> you worried about what's happening around here? >> definitely. if you're not there's something wrong with you then. >> reporter: the big signs explain why. the town of bolt owen is the uk's leading hot spot, very highly contagious coronavirus variant. >> i know a lot of people who have had it in the last three weeks, the last four weeks compared to the >> reporter: discovered during india's wave, also known as the delta varniant. it has quickly become the dominant strain in the u.k. it's associated with a 64% increased risk of household transmission and it's twice as likely to result in hospitalization. it's also driven an increase in schools since children haven't been vaccinated. this 8-year-old lived in nearby blackburn, a community where cases of the variant are growing rapidly. why was he tested? >> no temperature, no headache, nothing. >> reporter: it was just

the moments of the british army was training at home and not get into action.n the first taken action was due to 1944. it and the germans and russians were suffering terrible losses. several years before that. the real lesson is huge wars great industrial had also offloaded dying killings is going to happen before you get to an end of them. only thing you really arguing about us is going to do the killing of the dying printed the russians did most of the killings in the dying that was necessary. whereas in world war i course the french especially difference but alsoo the british terrible casualties. they nostril twice many people. but those worldri war one fexperiences attacks printed thy happen in world war ii sure enough but her parents and grandparents got lucky. most often and asked you a question about how started. i think the underlying cause was that we now recognize the great wars terrible things that you want to think before you get into a great war. one of the things it's helped kept the world safe and alive, through the missile crisis was that jacky

the area was named after him, first built in 1775, by the time of 1778 when this large british army -- indian ally and british led army was going to cut through kentucky and go through the mountains, how they could get into virginia and north carolina and start a two-front war that probably would have doomed the american revolution, it was daniel boone who was the leader of that -- the fort that everybody turned to for leadership. and they survived that siege, that if boonesborrow had fallen we might write a different history of the outcome of the american revolution. and most people, we understand, who think they know daniel boone, have no idea what a pivotal role he played in the american revolution. that -- he seemed to have a way to show up. there was daniel boone serving with george washington in 1755 when the british general braddock, during one of the biggest defeats the british suffered, and there's boone and washington, they barely med it out with their lives. and he also find humor with daniel boone. he had a good sense of humor. he would like to tell a good story. and one o

translation: we served in the british army. - it would be nice if they could give us vaccines.otjust us. in a country famed for the most challenging of treks, these journeys are the toughest. crying. a village says goodbye to another covid victim who couldn't get oxygen in time. even before the virus came along, they lived a life of isolation. now for so many in rural nepal, it has turned into one of desperation. all adults in england can now book their coronavirus vaccine as part of the uk government's plan to vaccinate as many over—18s as possible ahead of the new target date for the end of restrictions on 19july. it comes as new data from public health england suggests that a single dose of the pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine reduces the risk of needing hospital treatment by three quarters. here's our health correspondent catherine burns. in normal times, this would be entirely unremarkable — festival—goers braving the british summer weather. i feel a wee bit damp, but it's — this will be the highlight of my year. download festival at donington park at leicestershire is going

translation: we served in the british army. - they would be nice if they could give us vaccines.nepal, notjust us. in a country famed for the most challenging of treks, these journeys are the toughest. wailing. a village says goodbye to another covid victim who couldn't get oxygen in time. even before the virus came along, they lived a life of isolation. now for so many in rural nepal it has turned into one of desperation. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, gorkha, nepal. two members have resigned from the hollywood foreign press association, the body that organises the golden globes, denouncing the organisation as toxic. the hfpa has been battered by recent criticism. back in may, the us broadcaster nbc announced that it would not air the?golden globes in 2022. 7 among the reasons given — the hfpa had not had any black members in more than 20 years. diederik van hoogstraten?and wenting xu wrote a letter here is some of what they had to say. we can now speak to our correspondent david willis in los angeles. should set you are not a member of this organisation. talking to you purely a

why is the british army helping security forces 5000 miles from london? that human rights groups claim for mass slaughter. all the more coming up about to have going underground ah, when i was shot the wrong, why don't just don't the rules? yes, to fill out the thing because the after an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves well, depart. we choose to look for common ground. i me ah ah, i use the welcome back is read every month since protests began in the world's largest cocaine, produce a columbia. wherever a quarter of the population are living in poverty. now the news of school is killed up to britain about the sent soldiers to aid the countries security forces. joining me now from here in brazil is esther historian and political science professor at the national university of columbia in forest hilton forest. i. i've got a message from the british ministry defense saying there are military personnel in the embassy in columbia in less than 10 officials. and we have previously foreign office. he has a few than 10 members of the u. k

we were able to use the british army to -- throughout the whole of the u.k., mr. speaker. believe, i believe that the story of this last two years has shown the incalculable value of our union and can -- and the strength of our union and that we are better, mr. speaker, together. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. speaker, the prime minister's ground breaking 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution has ambitious target for zero emission electric vehicles and the u.k -- manufacturers ready to deliver with vehicle manufacture taking place close to where batteries are made -- [inaudible] made by the battery. coventry is the starting home of the car industry the, and the headquarters of land rover who make the car in which the prime minister is a part of today. so will he give his support to the proposal to build a gigafactory? >> well, i are have memories of my right honorable friend's constituent city and using an electric taxi which they thought was impossible 15 years ago, mr. speaker, but we got it done. and we'll make home that his constituency and constit

why is the british army helping security forces 5000 miles from london, that human rights groups blame for mass slaughter? all the more coming up about to have going undergrad, join me every thursday on the alex salmon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics, sport, business and show business. i'll see you then. me. well, it didn't take long days after the shooting by the summit, the u. k. committed some very unfair magic acts in the block scene. will tell you why. also after heated debate v d u is proven unable to find a unified voice to engage russia. whose fault is you know, provisional, my background. i was like, i was lucky you lucky, last year. so you'll have a lost his bus because i just got the new program he just got to go. we started to be on my way, my cell, my daughter, so i said, you know, what was your name? i pulled up, i got my almost what i'm already whatever sped up. i read me just go to me. i mean we're going to go, we went up and i'm i mean 30 he was i just don't get time to reflect those that it's faded to chantelle. that one of this, but i wa

why is the british army helping security forces 5000 miles of london, that human rights groups blame for mass slaughter. all the more coming up about to have going underground rather driven by dreams shaped by those in me. i think we dare to ask me. ah, welcome back. it's been every month since protest began in the world's largest cocaine producer, columbia. wherever a quarter of the population are living in poverty, now there's news of schools killed up to britain about the said soldiers to aid the countries security forces. joining me now from here in brazil is f no historian and political science professor at the national university of columbia, amadine forest hilton forest. i. i've got a message from the british ministry of defense saying there are military personnel in the embassy in columbia in less than 10 officials. and we have previously the foreign office. he has a few than 10 members of the u. k. armed forces deployed to columbia know that you're going to tell me what's been happening in columbia, but i should just say that bar. johnson's last 3 to columbia was, it's commi

we were able to use the british army to send vaccines throughout the whole of the uk, mr speaker.the incalculable value of our union and the strength of our union and that we are better, mr speaker, together. borisjohnson. the northern ireland secretary has said there needs to be "a shift" in the brexit trading arrangements between britain and northern ireland. brandon lewis has reportedly told the outgoing leader of the dup, edwin poots, that there'd be "very significant" changes to the northern ireland protocol in earlyjuly. secretary of state, i'm going to ask you, i think, the question which is on everybody�*s mind — to which we do not know the answer. we had a taster, a tantalising taster yesterday in an interview, but between you and me, as friends, what did you tell edwin poots about the protocol the other day? laughter. i'm just laughing, at "between you and me". i suspect, chairman, we have a few more people than just yourself and myself. well, possibly, who knows? as i have said yesterday on the floor of the house, what i've outlined pretty consistently, actually, over t

translation: we served in the british army. - it would be nice if they could give us vaccines.st challenging of treks, these journeys are the toughest. a village says goodbye to another covid victim who couldn't get oxygen in time. even before the virus came along, they lived a life of isolation. now, for so many in rural nepal, it has turned into one of desperation. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, gorkha, nepal. the headlines on bbc news... the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey promises to knock down the conservative blue wall — as his party wins the chesham and amersham by—election. new data shows a single dose of the pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine, cuts the risk of hospitalisation by around 75%. ministers say they feel "deeply ashamed" of low conviction rates for rape cases in england and wales. the united nations says the number of people around the world displaced by war and persecution rose sharply last year to a record number, in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. more than 82 million people are now refugees — up by almost three million in 2020. imogen foulkes reports f

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the break, and we've been told mountain the world's go to cocaine country columbia, why is the british army helping security forces 5000 miles from london? that human rights groups claim for mass slaughter all the small coming up about to have going underground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even from station let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk me welcome back to me. never months since protest began in the world's largest cocaine, producer, columbia. wherever a quarter of the population are living in poverty. now there's news of schools killed out of britain about the sent you k soldiers to aid the countries security forces. joining me now from here in brazil is f no historian and political science professor at the national university of columbia in forest hilton forest. i. i've got a message from the british ministry defense saying there are military personnel in the embassy in columbia in les

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they had learned there was about to be a rich army invasion i -- a british army invasion in manhattan. if they did not lose that battle, potentially the continental army would lose the war. general washington brought all of his troops together and said, i need one volunteer. i need one person that would go in undercover behind enemy lines and gather intelligence so that we can be strategic and win the battle when the british try to take over manhattan. out of all those troops and men standing there, only one person step forward to volunteer. it what they can help. yes it was nathan hale. he disguised himself as a dutch schoolteacher. he was gathering information from the enemy and relating it to the general to give the continental army the information they needed. when his identity was discovered, he was quickly captured, brought before the leadership, and condemned to die, sentenced to hang. historians still right about that situation, talking about how incredible it was that throughout that whole process, of being behind enemy lines, being captured, being sentenced, and being brough