A BRITISH RIFLE MAN
Reading edition
THE JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MAJOR GEORGE SIMMONS, RIFLE BRIGADE, DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR AND THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO
In Square Crown 8vo. Printed on Light Paper, with Deckled Edges. Price 10s. 6d.
Containing 3 Sketch Maps.
“Altogether this is a most attractive book, bringing back vividly to the memory one of the most brilliant periods of English military history, and giving a pleasant, because unintentional, picture of a gallant soldier and gentleman.”—Standard.
“It will be long invaluable as a record of the heroism, the occasional, though exceptional, excesses, and the wondrous endurance of the British soldier.”—Daily Chronicle.
“It is a far cry now to the Peninsular War, yet seldom have we read a more realistic picture of certain phases of that heroic struggle.”—Speaker.
“Welcome as contributing contemporary records made by an observant man taking part in world-moulding struggles.”—Observer.
“This book is certainly one that all riflemen will value, and which all who are interested in the Peninsular War will enjoy.... The book is thus fairly packed with interest, for the author belonged to a regiment that saw more fighting than any other in the Peninsula, and certainly Major Simmons was a remarkable man.”—The Army and Navy Gazette.
“An extremely vivid account of the many historic and exciting scenes witnessed by the writer.”—Dublin Express.
A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.
By JOHN KNOX