1792. October, November, December. Three months in which the French win a major victory against the Austrians, opening up the road into Belgium... An extraordinary and audacious raid over the Rhine gets out of hand… And the British government is beginning to realise that events on the continent are starting to get a little out of hand. This is episode four of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which allied hopes of crushing the Revolution before Christmas are well and truly extinguished.

[10:40] - Philip Ball on the French victory at Jemappes

[24:48] - Paul Demet on Custine's invasion of Germany

[41:10] - Jacqueline Reiter on the tensions underlying British attitudes towards the continent in 1792

Plus Alexander Stevenson is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze throughout for analysis and expert summaries - and from [57:56] an assessment of the state of play on 31 December 1792.

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