A BRITISH RIFLE MAN

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 THE NAME OF THE REGIMENT SO FAMOUS IS (BY PERMISSION) DEDICATED BY HIS MOST HUMBLE AND OBEDIENT SERVANT WILLOUGHBY VERNER, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, LATE OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE.