American Revolution: Cornwallis’ Elite Soldiers May 17, 2024 Unipro2013main Military History </p> <h2>American Revolution: Cornwallis’ Elite Soldiers</h2> <p> Today we are once again visiting the American Revolution.</p> <p>It’s a war that I am only just learning about.</p> <p>I am joined once more by author Robbie McNiven to find out more about the 33rd Regiment of foot during the revolution.</p> <p>The 33rd was arguably Britain’s most elite regiment of the era and they fought in almost every major battle of the revolution.</p> <p>Their colonel was none other than Charles Cornwallis – famous in America as the man who surrendered at Yorktown.</p> <p>But despite this he was an excellent officer that cared about his men and was determined to forge the 33rd into a unit to be proud of.</p> <p>Robbies book on the regiment during the revolution is called “the Pattern” and and here is a link to it – https://amzn.to/3UmtUky</p> <p>If you are interested in the Zulu War, then please sign up for my mailing list to receive my free book on the subject: https://redcoathistory.com/newsletter/</p> <p>If you are very generous, you can also buy me a coffee and help support the channel via https://ko-fi.com/redcoathistory or you can join the Patreon via https://www.patreon.com/RedcoatHistory<br /> Credit to : Redcoat History</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
