Edition |
First North American Edition. |
Description |
xi, 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index. |
Note |
Previously published in Great Britain in 2013 as Wellington's rifles : the origins, development and battles of the rifle regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo from 1758 to 1815, by Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd. |
Contents |
Firepower : fire and shock--linear warfare in Europe in the eighteenth century -- The French and Indian War : fire and move -- The introduction of light infantry -- American Revolution 1776-83 : rebels, Tories, Loyalists and Bloodybacks -- The French Revolution 1793 -- The Duke of York -- Aimed fire : the experimental Corps of Rifleman -- The 95th rifles and the Baker rifle -- Sir John Moore, the father of light infantry -- The Peninsular War 1808-12 : the Light Division on action on the Côa, July 1810 -- The Peninsular War, 1808-12 : the Light Division in two actions during 1811 -- Wellington's Light Infantry and Rifles and Waterloo -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Subject |
Great Britain. Army -- Infantry -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. Army -- Infantry -- Drill and tactics -- History -- 19th century.
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Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain.
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Added Author |
Fletcher, Ian, writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9781631440113 (hardback) |
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163144011X (hardback) |
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