A British rifle man : journals and correspondence of Major George Simmons Rifle Brigade, during the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo /
One of the best and most justly famous of the many memoirs of a serving British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Beverley in east Yorkshire, George Simmons began his military life in 1805 as Assistant Surgeon in the LIncoln Militia. He subsequently joined the 95th Rifles in order to help...
| Основен автор: | Simmons, George, 1785-1858. |
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| Други автори: | Verner, William Willoughby Cole, 1852-1922. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Uckfield, East Sussex, England :
Naval & Military Press,
[2002]
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=451458 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
British rifle man. |
| Резюме: |
One of the best and most justly famous of the many memoirs of a serving British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Beverley in east Yorkshire, George Simmons began his military life in 1805 as Assistant Surgeon in the LIncoln Militia. He subsequently joined the 95th Rifles in order to help pay for his younger brothers' education. Simmons served throughout the thick of the Peninsular War under Wellington, doing his duty as a Rifleman in six campaigns up to 1814, and seeing action at ... |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Facsim. of ed. published London : A & C Black, 1899. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxvii, 386 pages) : maps |
| ISBN: |
9781781508916 1781508917 |