Read Rifles: Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters Online
Authors: Mark Urban
Tags: #Europe, #Napoleonic Wars; 1800-1815, #Great Britain, #Military, #Other, #History
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Garonne River
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Genappe
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Gilmour, Lieutenant Colonel Dugald
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Golden Lion Hotel, Lisbon
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Golegao
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Green, Private William
from the Leicestershire Militia
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at Barba del Puerco
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appointed bugler
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invalided home
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Guards’ Division
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Harris, Benjamin
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Harvest, Lieutenant Horatio
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Haslar, Solent
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Havelock (of the 43rd)
Hay, Ensign William
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Haye Sainte farm, La
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Hennell, George
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Hill, Dudley St Leger
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Hilsea Barracks
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Hobkirk, Captain Samuel
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Horse Guards
concerned about Craufurd’s harshness
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Craufurd asks for more troops
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and Craufurd’s offer to resign
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and gentlemen volunteers
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Craufurd shielded from his enemies by
Wellington
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and newly made generals
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lack of rewards to 95th Rifles
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writing off of lives
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Blues
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Life Guards
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Hudson, Major
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Hundred Days
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Imperial Guard
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India
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Ireland
Catholic emancipation issue
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rising of 1798
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commissions in the Army
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Ironsides
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Isle of Wight
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Jackson, Sergeant Esau
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Jacobite rebellion (1745)
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John, Will
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Johnson, Dr Samuel
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Johnston, Captain Willie
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Jones, Captain
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Joseph, King
at Talavera
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Napoleon sacks him
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Kelly, Private Dan
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Kempt, Major General James
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Kennedy, James Shaw
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Kincaid, Lieutenant John
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Random Shots from a Rifleman
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Laurel (master of
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Layton, Lieutenant Jonathan
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Leach, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan
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Busaco
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on tobacco
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menagerie
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lack of provisions
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optimism
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contempt for parade-ground soldiers
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attack on the Mouiz fort
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and the murder in Plaisance
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on French women at Castel Sarrazin
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comes through the Belgian campaign
with honour
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resigns from the Army
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on the rifleman as a universal soldier
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Rough Sketches
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Légion Hanovrienne
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Leipzig
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Leon
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Light Brigade
pig shooting
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arrives at Campo Maior
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guards Wellington’s army against sur-
prise attack
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Crauford converts into a Light Division
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‘Sir John Moore’s System’
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wins the admiration of the Peninsular
Army
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Light Division
creation of
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skulkers
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and the 69
ème Régiment
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skirmishing tactics
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Erskine appointed acting commander
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casualties at Cazal Noval
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praised by Wellington
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making its name in small battles
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qualities of the men
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opinion of Erskine
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continues to be sentinel for the Army
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billeting troops
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four companies from the 3rd Battalion
join
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Barnard in charge
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