ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE AND RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN (ABRIDGED)

Kincaid, John. Captain.

ISBN 10: 0904002837 / ISBN 13: 9780904002836

Published by Richard Drew Publishing, 1981

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Hardback; lean to spine, blemish to edge of yellowed pages, in yellowed and price-clipped dustjacket. ; 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. ; 302 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE AND RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN (ABRIDGED)
• Publisher: Richard Drew Publishing
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904002837
• ISBN 13: 9780904002836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.