Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps
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Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps Vol 1 The Royal Americans
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Author : Lieut-Col. Lewis Butler
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2013-01-03
Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps Vol 1 The Royal Americans written by Lieut-Col. Lewis Butler and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-03 with History categories.
A colourful and exciting unit history of the King's Royal Rifle Corps which originated in Britain's wars in the Americas during the 18th and 19th centuries under the first of its great battalion commanders, Henri Bouquet. In this first of five volumes, the unit is continually in action in America, Canada and the Caribbean. In the Seven Years' War with France (1756-1763) its battle honours included Fort William Henry; the siege of Louisbourg; Ticonderoga; and the capture of Forts Frontenac and Duquesne. The unit fought under General James Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham to take Quebec, and its commander, Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, wrested Montreal from the French. Its final action in the war was the capture of the Caribbean island of Martinique. The Corps helped put down the revolt of the famous Ottawa Algonquin Indian chief Pontiac in 1763-64; defeating him at the battle of Bushy Run and lifting the siege of Fort Pitt. In the American War of Indpendence (1775-1783) the unit took part in the brilliant action at Briar Creek and successfully defended Savannah, but failed to hold St Vincent and west Florida. Run down after Britain's loss of the United States, it was resurrected and expanded during the French Revoutionary wars, capturing Tobago and Martinique (again!) as well as St Lucia, and brieflty held Guadeloupe. In the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 with the US, the unit again saw action, capturing Martinique for a third time and fighting in and against Spain. With nine appendices, 12 illustrations and 7 maps.
The Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps
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Author : Lewis William George Butler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
The Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps written by Lewis William George Butler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with England categories.
Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps Vol 2 The Green Jacket
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Author : Lieut-Col. Lewis Butler
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2013-01-04
Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps Vol 2 The Green Jacket written by Lieut-Col. Lewis Butler and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-04 with History categories.
This second of the fine five-volume unit history of the King's Royal Rifle Corps begins with the development of the unit's characteristic weapon - the rifle - and of its equally ubiquitous uniform, the green jacket, under its Colonel, Baron Francis de Rothenburg. It details the unit's role in crushing the Irish rebellion of 1798, and in repelling the French invasion of Ireland in the same year. The Rifle Battalions then saw service in their old battlegrounds of the Americas, in Martinique, Surinam and Halifax, Novia Scotia, before returning to Europe to take part in the Peninsula War against Napoleon. They came under the command of both Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) and Sir John Moore, repelling the French invasion of Portugal and fighting at Rolica and Vimiero. Under Wellesley, the Battalions pursued Marshal Victor, taking part in the Battle of Talavera. They manned Wellington's impregnable Lines of Torres Vedras, thwarting Marshal Massena's invasion of Portugal, relieved Almeida and took part in the battles of Fuentes de Onoro and Albuera. The Battalion fought Marshal Marmont at Arroyo Molinos, stormed Ciudad Roderigo and Badajoz, and took part in the Battle of Salamanca and the siege of Burgos. In 1813 the Battalion again advanced into Spain against Marshal Soult under Wellington, taking part in the Battle of Vitoria as he drove the French across their frontier. By 1814 the unit, now eight battalions strong, had crossed the Pyrenees and had reached Toulouse when Napoleon abdicated. The book concludes with the creation of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. With six appendices, 8 illustrations, and 12 maps.
The Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps With Illustrations And Maps
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Author : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. King's Royal Rifle Corps
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The Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps With Illustrations And Maps
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Author : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. King's Royal Rifle Corps
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Annals Of The Kings Royal Rifle Corps Vo
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Author : Butler Lieut.- Lew
language : en
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Release Date : 2006-06
Annals Of The Kings Royal Rifle Corps Vo written by Butler Lieut.- Lew and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06 with History categories.
The Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps
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Author : Lewis William George Butler
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Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps Vol 3 The K R R C 1831 1871
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Author : Lieut-Col. Lewis Butler
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2013-01-04
Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps Vol 3 The K R R C 1831 1871 written by Lieut-Col. Lewis Butler and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-04 with History categories.
The third in the excellent five-volume history of the K.R.R.C. takes the story from the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars in the 1830s to 1873. The 19th c. K.R.R.C. was the creation of Col. Robert Beaufoy Hawley, who adapted its early principles to mid-19th century military conditions. The early chapters detail the unit's service in Ireland and the Mediterranean, recounting such hazards as the capture of officers by Balkan brigands, shipwrecks and an outbreak of yellow fever in Jamaica which carried off a Col. A. F. Ellis MP. Serving in South Africa and India, the Corps took part in the 2nd Sikh War under Sir Charles Napier, the siege of Mooltan and camapaigns against the Afghan tribes. The book describes the discontent which led to the Indian Mutiny, and the Mutiny itself, in which the Corps took part in the siege and storming of Delhi - winning no fewer than seven VCs in the action. The Corps took part in the 'Opium Wars' in China, helping to capture Peking (Beijing). Later in the century the Corps was deployed to counter Chartiist unrest in Britain and Irish Fenians in Ireland itself and Canada. It also took part in the Red River expedition under Colonel Garnet Wolseley. With three appendices detailing regimental leisure activities and battle honours, eight illustrations and six maps.
The Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps
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Author : Lewis William George Butler
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Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps
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Author : Lewis Butler
language : en
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Release Date : 2006-05-01
Annals Of The King S Royal Rifle Corps written by Lewis Butler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-01 with categories.