The British Army - those famous redcoats, cavalrymen and green clad riflemen - became surprisingly adept at fighting small wars of empire during the Victorian Era.

We won war after war and battled enemies from across the globe.

But it wasn’t all one way traffic.

Yes, I know it’s painful but there were quite a few defeats for the British army.

Today we are looking at five times the British army were defeated during the Victorian era.

You might be able to guess some of them in advance but stay tuned till the end to discover which defeat we consider to be the worst and why they were all worse than you think.

Thanks to Chris Brice for co-writing this episode. His books can be found via this link - https://amzn.to/49y094U