No other regiment in Wellington's Peninsular army can compare with
the 95th Rifles. Even before Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels and
television series, the Rifles were the most famous of all the
British Army's fighting formations. Unlike the red-coated regiments
of the Line, the Riflemen were trained to act with a degree of
independence, selecting their own targets in battle. As a result, a
number of the officers and some of the men were more literate than
their counterparts in the Line, or at least were more willing to
record their experiences fighting the French. Consequently, many of
the finest memoirs of the era have come from the pens of the likes
of Harry Smith, Johnny Kincaid and Riflemen Harris and Costello,
and have found their places on the shelves of every enthusiast of
the era. However, these well-known works were written years after
the fighting when memories had faded and were bulked out with
incidents borrowed from others and heavily edited with grand
descriptions of �derring-do' for their Victorian audience, and
heavily constrained by the strict morals of the day. Through many
years of research, Gareth Glover has uncovered other memories
written by members of the 95th which have never been published
before or have not been brought to the attention of the present-day
public, that were written at the time. These honestly state what
really happened on the battlefields of Spain and Portugal - the
suffering, the awkward incidents, the rumours and camp gossip -
presenting a very different picture of life in Wellington's army
than the sanitised versions we have been presented with until now.
Also included are rare or unpublished memoires written by members
of the staff of the Light Division, enabling the reader to
understand the division's command structure and organisation to
provide a rounded and realistic vision of this famous fighting
force.
General
| Imprint: |
Frontline Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Gareth Glover
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
248 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-08742-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-399-08742-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781399087421 |
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