Rifles : six years with Wellington's legendary sharpshooters / Mark Urban
London : Faber and Faber, 2003. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #386034
ISBN: 0571216803
Physical description; 351 pp., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-336) and index. 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. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. Shooters of firearms. France History, Military 19th century.
Price: €65.00