He was taken in captivity to England and spent four months on a hulk in Chatham, before being sent back to France on parole.
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Charles was captured recruiting soldiers on British prison ships in New York but was released by General Nathanael Greene.
Other sci-fi appearances include two Doctor Who stories, The War Games (1969) and The Face of Evil (1977), and as prison ship officer Raiker in the Blake's 7 episode "Spacefall" (1978).
"The prison ship martyrs," as they're called, are part of this story, as well as intrigue in Philadelphia, the battles of Brooklyn, Monmouth, and Stony Point, the betrayal of West Point, and the hardships of the winter encampments at Valley Forge and Morristown.