Poor little chap captured by French marshal (5)
I believe the answer is:
needy
'poor' is the definition.
(I know that needy is a type of poor)
'little chap captured by french marshal' is the wordplay.
'little chap' becomes 'ed' (short for Edward. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'captured by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'french marshal' becomes 'ney' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ed' put inside 'ney' is 'NEEDY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for needy that I've seen before include "Poor; wanting affection" , "lacking resources" , "Necessitous" , "Poor - destitute" , "Deprived" .)