Tales from the Rifle Brigade

by SIR JOHN KINCAID

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To Napoleon's troops, the sharp shooters of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment were 'the rascals in green', famed throughout Europe for their bravery, skill, and dash. Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was the first book to be published by a veteran, recounting the amazing escapades of this legendary unit in the war against French armies in Portugal and Spain. His second volume, Random Shots From a Rifleman, is just as vivid and memorable as the first, and finishes with a remarkable first-hand description of the Waterloo campaign from the ordinary soldier's point of view. The two volumes, here bound together in abridged form, add up to one of the most enthralling eyewitness records of regimental soldiering ever written. Although other Rifles memoirs quickly followed, none achieved the commercial or critical success of Kincaid's collection of unforgettable anecdotes.
  • ISBN13 9781844152889
  • Publish Date 1 May 2006
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Imprint Leo Cooper Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English