Riflemen of Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War: Unpublished or Rare Accounts from the 95th Rifles 1808-14

by Gareth Glover

No other regiment in Wellington's Peninsular army can compare with the 95th Rifles. Even before Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels and television series, the Rifles were the most famous of all the British Army's fighting formations.

Unlike the red-coated regiments of the Line, the Riflemen were trained to act with a degree of independence, selecting their own targets in battle. As a result, a number of the officers and some of the men were more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399087428
• ISBN13: 9781399087421
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 248 Pages