smallest Army since the Boer War

Defence shake-up means our smallest Army since the Boer War

Surly there's something wrong about this statement:
"Defence sources have told The Sunday Telegraph that five light role territorial infantry battalions cost a fifth of the amount needed to train a regular infantry battalion."

If you look more closely at the numbers for the infantry today, in reality it may be the smallest army since the 1750s.
I haven’t got the most up to date figures, but I would say that there’s twenty regular regiments with around a total of forty five battalions.
Cavalry/Armoured Corps, ten regiments.

Compare this with the army of 1751 before it’s expansion for the Seven Years War.
Guards 3 regiments, Line infantry 49 regiments and Cavalry 23 regiments.

A direct comparison would be impossible to make due to the advancements in modern warfare.

The government seems to be relying on the reserves and technology, rather than a reasonable sized regular army.
A drone can’t hold a bridgehead and aircraft are still prone to bad weather and pilot fatigue.
So if the enemy outnumber you ten to one and come when it’s bad weather, you're screwed.