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Rifles : six years with Wellington's legendary sharpshooters / Mark Urban
by Urban, Mark
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- ISBN 13
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London : Faber, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiv, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 20 cm. Contents: 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. Subjects: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 1769-1852. Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade, 95th. History. Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (95th). Great Britain Army Regiment of Foot Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Campaigns. Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Participation, British. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Regimental histories. Shooters of firearms Great Britain History 19th century. Rifle Brigade. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815. Genre: Illustrated.
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- Title
- Rifles : six years with Wellington's legendary sharpshooters / Mark Urban
- Author
- Urban, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571216803
- ISBN 13
- 9780571216802
- Publisher
- London : Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
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