Author: John Kincaid
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783409673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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To Napoleon's troops, the sharp shooters of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment were 'the rascals in green', famed throughout Europe for their bravery, skill, and dash. Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was the first book to be published by a veteran, recounting the amazing escapades of this legendary unit in the war against French armies in Portugal and Spain. His second volume, Random Shots From a Rifleman, is just as vivid and memorable as the first, and finishes with a remarkable first-hand description of the Waterloo campaign from the ordinary soldier's point of view. The two volumes, here bound together in abridged form, add up to one of the most enthralling eyewitness records of regimental soldiering ever written. Although other Rifles memoirs quickly followed, none achieved the commercial or critical success of Kincaid's collection of unforgettable anecdotes.

Author: Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: William Willoughby Cole Verner
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Author: William Henry Cope
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368369261
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 962

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Reproduction of the original.

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Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Author: WILLIAM H. COPE
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ISBN: 9781033180037
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Sir William Henry Cope
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Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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Languages : en
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Author: William Surtees
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Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Author: Colonel Willoughby Verner
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786256835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407

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Story of The Rifle Brigade from its formation in 1800, its organization, uniform, equipment, arms and training and battles ending at Corunna in January 1809. The Rifle Brigade was formed in 1800 by detachments from various regiments as the ‘Experimental Corps of Riflemen’ initially and then ‘Rifle Corps’. It was under this name that the new regiment first made its mark under Nelson in the following year at the Battle of Copenhagen. In 1803 it was designated the 95th (Rifle) Regiment and in 1816, after Waterloo, it was taken out of the numbered regiments of the line and styled ‘The Rifle Brigade.’ In this first part the author, who served in the regiment, traces the evolution of the Rifle Corps with the advent of the rifle, which replaced the musket, and its effect on tactics...Dress, drill, equipment and armament all feature and the important period spent at Shorncliffe when Sir John Moore, the father of the Light Brigade, commanded the garrison; he was then regarded as “ the best trainer of troops England has ever possessed.” The first taste of action came with the Ferrol Expedition in 1800 which had the destruction of the Spanish base. The ‘Experimental Corps of Riflemen’ contributed detachments numbering 170 under the command of Stewart. They were first ashore on 25th August and it was the only corps in action on that day, which henceforth was celebrated as the birthday of the Regiment. During the next nine years covered in this book the regiment served on many fronts—Copenhagen, Germany, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres and finally the Peninsula where the 2nd Battalion arrived on 12th July 1808 and fought its first action against the French, at Rolica on 17th August. This first part ends with the terrible retreat to and battle of Corunna in January 1809 where Moore “was struck down by a round shot ......the ball carrying away his left shoulder and leaving his arm hanging by the exposed tendons.” Moore died of his wounds that same evening.—Print Ed.