A Practical Guide for the Light Infantry Officer: Comprising Valuable Extracts from All the Most Popular Works on the Subject; with Further Original Information: And Illustrated By a Set of Plates, on an Entire New and Intelligible Plan;

*** BOOK in very good clean tight and unmarked condition. Green rexine covered boards with gilt title on spine. xxiv pages prelims and introduction. 98 pages text plus index. 16 fold out plates indicating the placement of troops for various manouevres. 4 sheets of regimental commands for the bugle. All printed on high quality paper. The first few pages of the introduction are lightly creased on the bottom cornerrs. ***CONTENTS: This is a facsimile edition of the first edition,published by T Egerton in 1806. The purpose of the Light Infantry was to harry the enemy and keep them from observing the main troop movemnets. The author served under General Howe and the author was in part, instrumentla in developing the tactics tobe used by this important branch of the Army. As this was published just a few years before the decisive Battle of Waterloo, it can be inferred that the officers concerned were well aware of the pinciples laid out in this book. Size: 240x145mm.