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Recollections Of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95Th) With Anecdotes Of His Officers And His Comrads

Recollections Of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95Th) With Anecdotes Of His Officers And His Comrads

Harris, Benjamin

Paperback

Historical FiguresGeneral Military HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354506968
ISBN13: 9789354506963
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Hear the Peninsular War from the ranks, not the dais. Benjamin Harris, a rifleman of the famed 95th, recounts the Napoleonic era British Army with a plain-spoken immediacy that still bites. Powder-smoke, mud, hunger, orders, marching. Recollections Of Rifleman Harris (Old 95th) stands as an unabridged military memoir and British soldier autobiography rooted in lived experience: the daily grind of 95th rifles regiment life, the sharp edge of light infantry skirmish tactics, and the fragile comforts of fellowship under pressure. Harris writes with an eye for human detail, weaving officers and comrades anecdotes into a broader picture of Wellington army soldier accounts across the Iberian Peninsula. These Napoleonic War recollections read as a military history primary source, capturing how battles were approached, endured, and remembered by the men who carried the rifles, kept formation, and paid the cost. For readers who came to the period through the Sharpe novels historical background, this memoir offers the real-world textures behind the romance: discipline, improvisation, pride, and exhaustion, rendered without varnish. For classic-literature collectors, it is a collectors public domain classic with enduring historical weight, a frontline record that helps explain why the Peninsular War still matters to Britain and to Europe. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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