Post medieval war buffs

Post medieval war buffs

Just listening to Lawro's vid on the origins of The Kop on the BBC, when he stated a curious thing which was that during the Boer War the British fielded the "largest British Army since Agincourt".

OK the fact that Agincourt 1417 was an English venture and Britain wasn't recognized until the early 1700's I'll let go. But was it really the largest (british/english) force since Agincourt?

My understanding at Agincourt was that Henry had around 6000-10000 troops max.

I'm no great fan of wars after the late medieval period. But surely armies in the Crimean War or the Austrian Succession conflicts would have been at least double that?

Any Napoleonic buffs want to clarify that? Have I missed something?

Here is Lawro anyhow http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8775410.stm

Now I know Lawro is not expected to be Simon Schama but surely you'd have some sort of editorial process before putting it on the internet?
ForteanTimes2010-07-01 12:24:16

I thought this would be about Buffy's titanic struggles to be fit for the war with the AW's...

Pretty sure Waterloo was around 25000 British in an army of 60,000 plus.