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Rifles

Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters

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Rifles

By: Mark Urban
Narrated by: Mark Urban
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Summary
 The 95th Rifles - Wellington's sharpshooters - first into battle and last out.

Acclaimed military writer Mark Urban explores the extraordinary story of these military pioneers; the toughest and deadliest infantrymen in Wellington's Army.

Immortalised in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels, the 95th Rifles were skirmishers tasked with acting as Wellington's advanced guard. It was new technology for the warfare of the time: they travelled light, moved rapidly, armed with the accurate rifles that would allow them to take shots from distance. The 95th Rifles were the prototype of the modern infantryman.

Mark Urban's fascinating history of the 95th is a must-listen for anyone interested in military history.

From the author of Task Force Black, Big Boys' Rules and The Tank War.

'If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must, your Christmas present solved.' Bernard Cornwell, Daily Mail Armed Forces Military Military & War Special & Elite Forces World War I War
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Mark Urban provides the reader/listener a detailed and fascinating look at what it was like as an officer, NCO and soldier in the Rifles over a six year period- mainly in Spain. An excellent history of the Rifles and Light Division campaign over this time and also a great insight to the Rifles and Light Division tactics and how this ultimately transformed the British Army tactics and subsequently other armies. Highly recommended.

A look inside life in the rifles.

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