Defence secretary John Healey has shocked MPs after he admitted that the army is on course to fall to its lowest number of personnel for more than 230 years. Answering questions from in parliament, ...

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The lessons continued to be learned, however, as the army “wandered” through India and Europe as well as North America, culminating in the Duke of Wellington’s successful campaigns in the Napoleonic ...

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Defence secretary says army personnel will drop below 70,000 next year - lowest since 1793 David Maddox Political editor Tuesday 15 October 2024 15:49 BST Comments open image in gallery British ...