Rifles : six years with Wellington's legendary sharpshooters
In an exhilarating work of narrative history, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters in Wellington's army
History
1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps)
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List of illustrations
Preface
1. Departures : May 1809
2. Talavera : July-August 1809
3. Guadiana : August-December 1809
4. Barba del Puerco : January-July 1810
5. The Coa : July 1810
6. Wounded : July-August 1810
7. Busaco : September 1810
8. The Corporal's stripes : September 1810-February 1811
9. Pombal : March-April 1811
10. Sabugal : April 1811
11. Fuentes d'Onoro : May-June 1811
12. The gentleman volunteer : June-September 1811
13. Deserters : October-December 1811
14. The storm of Ciudad Rodrigo : January 1812
15. The reckoning : January-March 1812
16. Badajoz : March-April 1812
17. The disgrace : April 1812
18. The Salamanca campaign : May-December 1812
19. The regimental mess : December 1812-May 1813
20. Vitoria : May-June 1813
21. The Nivelle : July-November 1813
22. The Nive : November-December 1813
23. Tarbes : January-March 1814
24. Castel Sarrazin : April-June 1814
25. Quatre Bras : April-June 1815
26. Waterloo : June 1815 and afterwards
27. The legend is born
Notes on sources
Bibliography
Index
Originally published: London : Faber, 2003
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