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In this episode of the Napoleonic Wars Podcast, we sit down with author, reenactor, and historian Rob Yuill to pull the Redcoated light infantry out from the long shadow of the Rifles. Why did the army convert ordinary battalions into specialist skirmishers? What problem were commanders trying to solve on the battlefields of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars? We explore the reforming vision of John Moore and the relentless field standards of Robert Craufurd, the leadership culture that forged units like the 43rd, 52nd, 68th and beyond into something entirely new. Not riflemen, but line infantry trained to think, move and fight independently, screening armies, probing terrain, harassing columns, and shaping the battlefield before the main line ever fired a volley. How did they train? How did they fight without rifles? Where did they succeed, and where did the system crack under campaign pressure? And why does popular history still misunderstand them? Finally, we assess their true legacy in the victories of the Duke of Wellington and why the Redcoat light infantry may have been a decisive instrument of British warfare in the Napoleonic age. For more on Rob's work, please visit https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Rob-Yuill/a/3769 To support the show go to https://www.patreon.com/c/thenapoleonicwarspod