Rifles: Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters (50 page)

McCann, Rifleman
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McDiarmid, Captain
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MacFarlane, William
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McInnes, Malcolm
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MacKenzie, Colonel Kenneth
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MacLeod, Major Charles
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McNabb, Private Billy
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MacNamara, Lieutenant
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Madrid
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Maior River
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Malabar (master of
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Manningham, Colonel Coote
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‘Green Book’
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Marcel, Captain
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Marcel, Sub-Lieutenant
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Marengo, battle of
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Marmont, Marshal Auguste
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Masséna, Marshal André
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at Busaco
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and Torres Vedras
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his army dwindles in size
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Order of the Day
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Fuentes d’Onoro
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Mata de Lobos (Death of Wolves)
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Maucune, General Antoine-Louis
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Mayberry, Private Thomas
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Mayor of Garrett, The
(play)
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Medical Boards
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mercenaries
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Mercer, Lieutenant
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Milijoso stream
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Mills (deserter)
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Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel John
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Mitchell, Captain Samuel
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Mitchell, Thomas
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Moissac
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Mondego river
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Mont Saint Jean ridge
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Moore, Rifleman Alexander
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Moore, Sir John
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commands the Light Brigade in

Shorncliffe
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and Dundas’s ‘damned

manoeuvres’
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killed at Corunna
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death avenged at Busaco
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Sir John Moore’s system
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Mouiz fort
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Moura
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Munoz
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Murphy (of the 95th)
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Murray, General
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musketry

firing
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inaccuracy of
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Brown Bess
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very short range
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rate of fire
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fusil de dragons
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Muster Lists
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Napier, Major Charles
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Napier, Major William
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History of the War in the Peninsula and

in the South of France
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Napoleon I, Emperor of France
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his armies triumph on the Continent
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locked in battle with Austria
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and long-range firing
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attempts to take over Spain and Portugal
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absence from Spain
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reputation of his light troops
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his advanced guard
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disaster in Russia
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fighting in Germany
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defeat at Leipzig
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abdication
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his defeated legions
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awards scheme
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escapes from Elba
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use of cuirassiers
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Waterloo
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loses his gamble to regain power
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second abdication
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Napier on his troops
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National Guard
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Nava de Haver
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Needles, Isle of Wight
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Ney, Marshal Michel
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at Barba del Puerco
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Combat of the Coa
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at Busaco
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poor shooting of his infantry
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Cazal Noval
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Foz de Arouce
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achievements with the rearguard
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Quatre Bras
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95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)

reorganisation
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British Army’s best-known regiment
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campaigns against the French in Spain
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green jackets
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weapons
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destined to become a legend
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founded to emulate American sharp-

shooters
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superiority of techniques and instruction
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fosters soldiers’ ambition
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composition
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promotion
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buying commissions
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as skirmishers
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lack of medals from the campaign
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ultimate test
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name changes to The Rifle Brigade
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tactics adopted by others
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motivation
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‘the band of brothers’
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see also
Rifle Brigade; Rifle Corps

95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles): 1st Battalion

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3rd Company
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4th Company
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5th Company
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6th Company
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7th (Highland) Company
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8th Company
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9th Company
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10th Company
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Left Wing
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Right Wing
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embarks from Dover (25 May 1809)
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officers
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Talavera
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falling out issue
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Guadiana fever
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thievery
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Combat of the Coa
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Busaco
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expert at concealment
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appearance of veterans
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in arrears with pay
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casualties at Cazal Noval
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Foz de Arouce
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victory at Sabugal
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Fuentes d’Onoro
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used to being surrounded by death
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gentlemen volunteers
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desertion
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Ciudad Rodrigo
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Cameron commands
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Badajoz
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bivouacked on the Rhune
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depleted forces
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Spanish experiment
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Salamanca
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Madrid
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Alemada
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uniform
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Barnard commands
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Vitoria
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attack on the Mouiz fort
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Gilmour as acting commander
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the Nive
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