Rifles: Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters (47 page)

43rd Light Infantry Battalion
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51st Light Infantry Regiment
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34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
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52nd Light Infantry Battalion
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60th (Royal American) Regiment of

Foot (5th Battalion)
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69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of

Foot
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71st Highland Light Infantry
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79th Cameron Highlanders
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88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught

Rangers)
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92nd Highlanders
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94th Regiment of Foot
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see also
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)

British Empire
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Brooks, James
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Brotherwood, Corporal William
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at Vimiero
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from the Leicestershire Militia
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brought into the 1st Battalion
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field days at Campo Maior
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iron constitution
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Combat of the Coa
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Sarsfield made a fool of
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Badajoz
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in 2nd Company
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Vitoria
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the Nive
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death
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Brown Bess
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Brunswick, Duke of
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Brunswick deserters
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Brunswick Jagers
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Brussels
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Buenos Aires
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Burgos fortress
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Burke, Private James
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Busaco, Battle of (27 September 1810)
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Masséna decides to attack the ridge
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the French advance
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Wellington’s long position
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French attack falters
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Simon taken prisoner
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casualties
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psychological impact of Masséna’s

defeat
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Cacadores
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Cadoux, Captain
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Calabria
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Cameron, General Alexander
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background
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in the Coa
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desertion issue
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promotion
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Ciudad Rodrigo
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Badajoz
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and a daily regimen
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acting commanding officer
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enlists Kincaid’s help as adjutant
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crossing the Huebra
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altercation with Gairdner
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and Mitchell
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limitations of his command
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understands the soldier’s mentality
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displaced by Barnard
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retires several older men
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Waterloo
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promotion through seniority
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Cameron (of the Royal Horse Artillery)
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Campbell, Sir Archibald
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Campo Maior
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cantonments
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carabiniers
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Caribbean
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Cartaxo
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Cary, Lieutenant
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Caseda
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Castel Sarrazin
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Castello Branco
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Castello de Vide
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Castille
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Castrillo
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Catalonia
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Catholic emancipation of Ireland issue
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Caya river
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Cazal Noval
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Ceira River
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Charity, Private
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Charleroi
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Charles, Archduke, of Austria
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Chelmsford Assizes
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chevaux de frises
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‘chosen man’
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Church, Second Lieutenant
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Ciudad Rodrigo fortress
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French take (1810)
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successful storming of the redoubt
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digging of siege trenches
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the defenders’ cannon
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vulnerable to assault
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the defenders
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sniping party
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storming party
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Forlorn Hope
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Craufurd shot
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Kincaid climbs a ravelin in error
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victory celebrations
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search for plunder
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casualties
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deserters arrested
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Vandeleur wounded
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Light Division returns
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Clausel, General
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Coa, Combat of the (July 1810)
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Craufurd’s error
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O’Hare’s men start to surrender
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bridge clogged with wagons and men
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desperate defence of the position
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Craufurd orders men to leave Simmons
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French unable to cross the bridge
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large number of casualties
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fate of the Coa wounded
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Craufurd despondent after
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leaves Portugal
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Coa river
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see also
Combat of the Coa

Coane, Lieutenant
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Colborne, Lieutenant Colonel John
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Ciudad Rodrigo
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acting commander of the Left Brigade
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attack on the Saint Benoit redoubt
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bluffs the French
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attack on the Mouiz fort
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the Nive
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Waterloo
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Connor, Jack
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Cooke (of the 43rd)
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Copely, Jemmy
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Cornwell, Bernard xi

corporal’s duties
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Corunna campaign (1809)
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Costello, Corporal Edward
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admires Plunket
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craving for adventure
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shooting practice
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field days at Campo Maior
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Guadiana fever
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attack at Barba del Puerco
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wounded at the Combat of the Coa
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at Redinha
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at Cazal Noval
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on the supply shortages
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Ciudad Rodrigo
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Uniacke’s funeral
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Almond’s fate
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Badajoz
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goes to 2nd Company
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and Blanco
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on the retreat from Madrid
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95th’s uniforms
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Vitoria
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Yanzi
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stops Fairfoot deserting
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the Nive
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Tarbes
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social life in Castel Sarrazin
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in Portsmouth
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remains under Leach
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