So in this latest episode, we return to examining the challenges of feeding an army. With the end of the Roman civilization, especially in western Europe, logistics took a real nose dive with armies resorting to looting and pillaging for the most part to feed. The French came along with a better idea and then lost some of that because of the revolution. Then the Brits, who were faced with similar challenges as the French: colonies a long way away to secure with armed forces requiring long logistical chains, the Brits came along and improved on the French improvements. And then we leave off for a bit, because, well, that was a lot of military eating. We'll come back to the modern stage in a bit or a bite.