What Happened When a British Soldier Got Posted to the Caribbean
THE ANCIENT RANKS
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What Happened When a British Soldier Got Posted to the Caribbean
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THE ANCIENT RANKS
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What happened when a British soldier was sent to the Caribbean in the 1790s?
What looked like a tropical paradise became one of the British Army's deadliest postings. Discover how yellow fever devastated entire regiments, why thousands of soldiers never returned home, and how disease changed Britain's military campaigns in the West Indies.
A forgotten chapter of British military history where the deadliest enemy wasn't always on the battlefield.