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British Infantry Napoleonic Wars 1789- 1815
Characteristics
The red jackets of the British infantry were the only soldiers capable of facing the might of the French army of the Napoleonic campaigns.
Fighting from Portugal to Belgium, the British army and its allies managed to defeat Napoleon's mighty army at the Battle of Waterloo.
The devastating discharges of fire unleashed by the disciplined columns of the British infantry proved to be a rival at the level of the French army on numerous European battlefields.