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Rifles - Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters - Urban, Mark

Rifles - Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters

Author
Urban, Mark
Price
NZ$15.00
Stock
1
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Description

As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting, thieving and raping their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact the first British soldiers to take aim at their targets, to take cover when being shot at, to move tactically by fire and manoeuvre. And by the end of the six-year campaign they have not only proved themselves the toughest fighters in the army, they have also - at huge personal cost - created the modern notion of the infantryman....

Note: This copy a bit worn and foxed on edges

Format
Second hand Paperback
ISBN
9780571216819
Catalog
SKU
91352

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