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To Napoleon's troops, the sharp shooters of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment were 'the rascals in green', famed throughout Europe for their bravery, skill, and dash. Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was the first book to be published by a veteran, recounting the amazing escapades of this legendary unit in the war against French armies in Portugal and Spain. His second volume, Random Shots From a Rifleman, is just as vivid and memorable as the first, and finishes with a remarkable first-hand description of the Waterloo campaign from the ordinary soldier's point of view. The two volumes, here bound together in abridged form, add up to one of the most enthralling eyewitness records of regimental soldiering ever written. Although other Rifles memoirs quickly followed, none achieved the commercial or critical success of Kincaid's collection of unforgettable anecdotes.
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Adventures in the Rifle Brigade and Random Shots from a Rifleman
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ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE AND RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN (ABRIDGED)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First-hand account by Captain John Kincaid of the 95th Rifles. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was first published in 1830. Random Shots from a Rifleman was published in 1835. Both books were republished in an abridged form in a combined edition in 1909. This is a facsimile reprint of 1909 abridged edition. With a New Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Hudson, Chairman of The Rifle Brigade Club and Association. ; Hardback; lean to spine, blemish to edge of yellowed pages, in yellowed and price-clipped dustjacket. ; 302 pages. Seller Inventory # 85936
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Adventures in the Rifle Brigade and Random Shots from a Rifleman: (Abridged)
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Hardback ISBN 0904002837 Covers are slightly softened at spine ends and leans slightly. Owners name on front end paper. Text is clean and unmarked. Dustwrapper has wear at corners of the flap, a one inch tear and is repaired with sellotape on the inside. Originally published in two separate volumes in 1830 and 1835. They were subsequently published in an abridged form in combined edition in 1909 This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1909 text. Captain Sir John Kincaid's first hand account of the Spanish Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign is a military classic. 302 pages Wt 0.6 Kg Good ( Good). Seller Inventory # 20247
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Adventures in the Rifle Brigade : And, Random Shots from a Rifleman: (Abridged)
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. ADVENTURE IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE and RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN (Abridged) Captain Sir John Kincaid. Richard Drew Publishing, Glasgow. 1981 First Thus. 302pp Hardback. This copy is in very good condition in a very good unclipped dust wrapper that is sunned to the spine and has been covered in removable, clear protective film. Originally published in two separate volumes in 1830 and 1835. They were subsequently published in an abridged form in combined edition in 1909 This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1909 text. Captain Sir John Kincaid's first hand account of the Spanish Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign is rightfully regarded as a military classic and has not been available for many years. Ref F5. Seller Inventory # 010377
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Adventures in the Rifle Brigade and Shots from a Rifleman (abridged)
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Condition: Very Good. 8vo hardcover 302pp. very good / very good d/w. The Rifle Brigade, one of the most distinguished regiments in the British army, was formed in the early years of the nineteenth century, when England was in the midst of its long struggle with Napoleon. Known at first as the Ninety-fifth Rifles, it had the great advantage of being trained, from the beginning, by officers who were not merely enthusiastic, but thoughtful and in advance of their time and the fruits of this training were seen on many a battlefield from Corunna to the crowning glory of Waterloo. In these days, when the magazine rifle has reached so high a degree of precision as to be deadly at a range of more than a mile, it is not easy for us to realize how clumsy were the weapons with which our soldiers won their most famous victories. Until the general adoption of the rifle about sixty years ago, the fire-arm in common use was the Brown Bess, a heavy smooth-bore musket, whose effective range was scarcely two hundred yards, and which could not be depended on to hit a mark at one hundred. Seller Inventory # 47594
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