Buy this book on-line URBAN,MARK**: : Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary SharpshootersLONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,2003. ISBN 0571216803.
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In a breathtaking work of narrative history,Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles,the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters in Wellington's army in the Napoleonic War.
'Rifles' follows the fortunes of the individual soldiers in a legendary regiment,drawing upon many new sources to recreate an extraordinary story of immense hardship,bravery and comradeship - and an experience which will change the nature of warfare for ever.
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 and thieving their way across Europe,they are clearly no ordinary troops.The (5th 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.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour pictorial artwork by Christa Hook (Linden Artists), illustrated dw/dj panels,with b/w and gilt lettering to front and spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges faintly toned but still generally bright and clean with NO foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - two separate dog-ear reading corner creases to pp25/6 and pp81/2 bottom page corners respectively - no other creases present.Bright,crisp,clean,plain dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked white ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip,a red+yellow striped headband and immaculate plain,dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1-351pp [paginated] includes author's preface,27 chapters,16pp of 15 contemporary colour+b/w illustrations/maps reproductions in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp114/15 and pp226/27 respectively,notes on sources,a 5pp bibliography,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with contemporary recruitment ephemera to verso,title page,a dedication,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book.
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In a breathtaking work of narrative history, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters in Wellington's army in the Napoleonic War.
'Rifles' follows the fortunes of the individual soldiers in a legendary regiment,drawing upon many new sources to recreate an extraordinary story of immense hardship,bravery and comradeship - and an experience which will change the nature of warfare for ever.
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 and thieving their way across Europe,they are clearly no ordinary troops.The (5th 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.
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