Read Rifles: Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters Online
Authors: Mark Urban
Tags: #Europe, #Napoleonic Wars; 1800-1815, #Great Britain, #Military, #Other, #History
theatricals
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skirmishing at the Huebra
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Alten the new commander
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loses some fighting edge
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Wellington reviews
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Tarbes
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embarks at Bordeaux
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and Picton
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first on the field and last off
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provides the backbone of the Army’s
staff
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origins of its success
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physical fitness
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Lincolnshire
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Lisbon
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Lodi, battle of
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longbows
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Longford family
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Lutterworth feast
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MacKenzie, Colonel Kenneth
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MacNamara, Lieutenant
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Malabar (master of
Fortune
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Manningham, Colonel Coote
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Marcel, Captain
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Marcel, Sub-Lieutenant
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and Torres Vedras
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his army dwindles in size
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Order of the Day
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Fuentes d’Onoro
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Mata de Lobos (Death of Wolves)
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Maucune, General Antoine-Louis
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Mayor of Garrett, The
(play)
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mercenaries
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Milijoso stream
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Mills (deserter)
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Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel John
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Moissac
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commands the Light Brigade in
Shorncliffe
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and Dundas’s ‘damned
manoeuvres’
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killed at Corunna
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death avenged at Busaco
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Munoz
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Murphy (of the 95th)
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Murray, General
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musketry
firing
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Brown Bess
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very short range
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rate of fire
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Muster Lists
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History of the War in the Peninsula and
in the South of France
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Napoleon I, Emperor of France
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his armies triumph on the Continent
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locked in battle with Austria
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and long-range firing
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attempts to take over Spain and Portugal
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absence from Spain
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reputation of his light troops
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his advanced guard
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disaster in Russia
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defeat at Leipzig
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abdication
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his defeated legions
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awards scheme
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escapes from Elba
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use of cuirassiers
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loses his gamble to regain power
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Napier on his troops
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National Guard
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Needles, Isle of Wight
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at Barba del Puerco
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at Busaco
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poor shooting of his infantry
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Cazal Noval
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Foz de Arouce
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achievements with the rearguard
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Quatre Bras
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95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)
British Army’s best-known regiment
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weapons
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founded to emulate American sharp-
shooters
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superiority of techniques and instruction
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fosters soldiers’ ambition
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composition
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buying commissions
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lack of medals from the campaign
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ultimate test
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name changes to The Rifle Brigade
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tactics adopted by others
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motivation
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‘the band of brothers’
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see also
Rifle Brigade; Rifle Corps
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles): 1st Battalion
4th Company
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6th Company
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Talavera
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falling out issue
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expert at concealment
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appearance of veterans
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casualties at Cazal Noval
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Foz de Arouce
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Fuentes d’Onoro
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used to being surrounded by death
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gentlemen volunteers
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Cameron commands
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bivouacked on the Rhune
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Salamanca
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Madrid
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Alemada
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uniform
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Barnard commands
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Gilmour as acting commander
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