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A BRITISH RIFLE MAN

The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons,
Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of
Waterloo

Edited, with Introduction, by
Lieut.-Colonel Willoughby Verner
Late Rifle Brigade
Author of 'Sketches in the Soudan,' etc.

With Three Maps







London
A. & C. Black, Soho Square
1899

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  To

  GENERAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

  THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN,

  COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE,
  FORMERLY (1803-1816) STYLED THE 95TH RIFLES AND
  (1800-1802) THE RIFLE CORPS,

  THIS VOLUME
  IN WHICH A BRITISH RIFLE MAN RECOUNTS HIS PERSONAL
  KNOWLEDGE OF MANY OF THE DEEDS THAT HAVE
  MADE