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A BRITISH RIFLE MAN
A
BRITISH RIFLE MAN
THE JOURNALS ANDCORRESPONDENCE OF MAJOR GEORGE SIMMONS,RIFLE BRIGADE, DURING THE PENINSULARWAR AND THE CAMPAIGN OFWATERLOO
EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION, BY
LIEUT.-COLONEL WILLOUGHBY VERNER
LATE RIFLE BRIGADE
AUTHOR OF 'SKETCHES IN THE SOUDAN,' ETC.
WITH THREE MAPS
LONDON
A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE
1899
All rights reserved
To
GENERAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN,
COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE,
FORMERLY (1803-1816) STYLED THE 95TH RIFLES AND
(1800-1802) THE RIFLE CORPS,
THIS VOLUME
IN WHICH A BRITISH RIFLE MAN RECOUNTS HIS PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE OF MANY OF THE DEEDS THAT HAVE
MADE THE NAME OF THE REGIMENT
SO FAMOUS
IS (BY PERMISSION) DEDICATED
BY HIS MOST HUMBLE AND OBEDIENT SERVANT
WILLOUGHBY VERNER,
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, LATE OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE.
SKETCH MAPS
| Illustrating the operations on the Coa and Agueda | Facing page | 198 |
| Illustrating movements during the Campaigns of 1809-12 | " " | 272 |
| Illustrating movements during the Campaigns of 1813-14 | " " | 350 |
CONTENTS
| Introduction | Page xi |
| Commencement of the Peninsular War. Campaign of 1808 | 1 ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |