^Mark UrbanWellington's Rifles: Six Years to Waterloo with England's Legendary Sharpshooters, Walker & Company. Amazon. ISBN 9780802714374 (revised Nov 2014)
Most readers will be familiar with the famous greenjackets of the 95th Rifle Regiment through Bernard Cornwell's "Sharpe's Rifles" series. This is ironic because, while Sharpe and his core followers are soldiers of the 95th Rifles, the 95th itself appears only in the very first novel and then the Waterloo installment. Therefore, this profile of the regiment should have an instant audience among fans of the popular Cornwell serial who are curious about the famed, hard-fighting outfit that lends Sharpe so muc..
I'm a serious devotee of the Peninsular Campaign of the Duke of Wellington and, as such, read widely on the period and have travelled to Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium on a number of battlefield tours. So, it's always refreshing to pick up a new book in the field and find you've got an outstandingly entertaining read.Mark Urban's history of the 1st Battalion of the 95th Regiment of Rifles is the first modern work to be published and his copious and in-depth research shines through. However, his schol..
I may be late in writing this review, but I picked up this book recently to understand more about the circumstances endured by Wellington's troops on the Penisula and their campaign. I was not disappointed! Author Urban covers only the 95th Rifle Regiment, but to attempt more would have seriously detracted from his story. The Regiment performed brilliantly, with warts and all, proving that open, skirmisher formations were the wave of the future, something that had to be learned again by American Generals..
