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Today, episode 57, British regulars and provincial.

So over the last few weeks we talked about the blood being spilled at Lexington and Concord

and the beginning of the Siege of Boston.

Once the Siege had begun, colon needed their long dreaded standing army.

So I thought now would be a good time to take a closer look at how the British and provincial armies compared.

In 1775, the British and provincial armies compared.

In 1775 the British military was the envy of the world.

The Navy probably got more respect than the Army.

By European standards the Army alone was not particularly outstanding,

certainly nowhere near close to the largest. But a tradition of combat experience

had made the Army a well organized and effective fighting force to assert British policy.

The regular army of 1775 had its roots in the English Civil War a century earlier.

Like today, the army was developed. in the English Civil War a century earlier.

Like today, the Army was divided into officers

and enlisted men, and the divide between the two groups

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