A British Rifle Man: The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, during the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History) (Napoleonic library, #3)

by George Simmons

William Willoughby Cole Verner (Editor)

Originally published in 1899, these writings by George Simmons (1785-1858) complement the work of other officers who served in the famous 95th Rifles between 1809 and 1815. Extremely descriptive and informative, the book covers all of the major battles and sieges of the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign in which Simmons' regiment was engaged during this period. Simmons himself was badly wounded at the Battle of the Coa in July 1810, but he recovered and played his part in the final years of the Peninsular War. He was also present at Waterloo in June 1815. Edited with an introduction by fellow Rifleman William Willoughby Cole Verner (1852-1922), Simmons' letters and diaries, written at the time and without the benefit of hindsight, have a tremendous immediacy. They remain of interest and relevance to military historians and students of the Napoleonic wars.

• ISBN13: 9781108054096
• Publish Date: 11 October 2012 (first published 1 January 1920)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 13 June 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Cambridge University Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 426
• Language: English