Rifles : Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters

Author: Mark Urban

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  • : August 2004
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Description

As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting and thieving their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact the first British soldiers to take aim at their targets, to take cover when being shot at, to move tactically by fire and manoeuvre. And by the end of the six-year campaign they have not only proved themselves the toughest fighters in the army, they have also - at huge personal cost - created the modern notion of the infantryman.


In an exhilarating work of narrative military history, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters of Wellington's Army.


'If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must, your Christmas present solved.' Bernard Cornwell, Daily Mail


'Urban writes history the way it should be written, alive and exciting.' Andy McNab

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Rifles is Mark Urban's exhilarating work of narrative history, described by Bernard Cornwell as 'A great tale, and Mark Urban tells it superbly . . . If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must.'

Reviews

'If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must, your Christmas present solved.' Bernard Cornwell, Daily Mail 'A brilliant warts-and-all depiction of Wellington's famous riflemen.' Daily Telegraph

Author description

Mark Urban is the Diplomatic Editor of the BBC's Newsnight and was formerly defence correspondent for the Independent. He has covered many wars and is the author of Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA, UK Eyes Alpha: Inside British Intelligence and, most recently, the bestselling The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes, described in the UK's Daily Telegraph as 'a thrilling read.'