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Rifles: Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters

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by Mark Urban


  Fairfoot, Catherine (née Campbell) 1, 2, 3

  Fairfoot, Joseph George 1

  Fairfoot, Sergeant Robert 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  joins 1st/95th from the militia 1

  embarks from Dover (May 1809) 1

  history of desertion 1, 2

  craving for adventure 1

  shooting practice 1

  field days at Campo Maior 1

  Guadiana fever 1, 2

  Barba del Puerco attack 1, 2, 3

  Combat of the Coa 1, 2

  Busaco 1

  at Arruda 1, 2, 3

  promotion 1

  Irish background 1

  Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2, 3, 4

  Uniacke’s burial 1

  Badajoz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  goes to 8th Company 1, 2

  desertion issue 1, 2

  appointed Colour Sergeant 1

  marriage 1, 2

  Quatre Bras 1, 2

  helps the wounded Simmons at

  Waterloo 1

  comes through the Belgian campaign

  with honour 1

  becomes a quartermaster 1

  a model soldier 1, 2

  Ferey, General Calude-François 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  FitzMaurice, Second Lieutenant John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Flynn, Rifleman 1

  Forester, C. S. 1

  Fortune (transport ship) 1, 2

  Foz de Arouce 1

  Frederick the Great, King of Prussia 1

  Freer (of the 43rd) 1

  Freixadas 1

  Frenada 1, 2, 3

  French army units

  2ème Léger 1

  4ème Léger 1

  4ème Régiment de Ligne 1

  6ème Léger 1

  6th Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  13ème Chasseurs à Cheval 1

  17ème Léger 1

  26ème Régiment 1, 2

  27ème Régiment 1

  32ème Léger 1

  34ème Léger 1

  39ème Régiment 1

  66ème Régiment 1, 2, 3

  69ème Régiment 1, 2, 3, 4

  70ème Régiment 1

  82ème Régiment 1, 2

  113ème Régiment 1

  Fuente Guinaldo 1

  Fuentes d’Onoro 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Craufurd appears 1

  Masséna attacks 1

  plight of the Guards 1

  Highlanders rescue the 3rd Division 1

  casualties 1

  fusil de dragons 1, 2

  Gairdner, Second Lieutenant James 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

  Gallegos 1, 2

  Garonne River 1

  Gazette 1, 2

  Genappe 1

  George III, King 1, 2

  Gilmour, Lieutenant Colonel Dugald 1, 2

  Golden Lion Hotel, Lisbon 1

  Golegao 1

  Grant, Captain Brodie 1, 2, 3

  Greater Teson 1, 2, 3

  Green, Private William

  from the Leicestershire Militia 1

  at Barba del Puerco 1

  appointed bugler 1

  Badajoz 1, 2, 3

  invalided home 1

  Guadiana fever 1, 2, 3, 4

  Guadiana plain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Guadiana River 1, 2

  Guards’ Division 1

  Gurwood, Lieutenant 1, 2, 3

  Harispe, Jean 1, 2

  Harris, Benjamin 1

  Harvest, Lieutenant Horatio 1, 2

  Haslar, Solent 1

  Havelock (of the 43rd)

  Hay, Ensign William 1

  Haye Sainte farm, La 1

  Heights of Puebla 1, 2, 3

  Hennell, George 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Hill, Dudley St Leger 1

  Hill, General 1, 2, 3

  Hilsea Barracks 1

  Hobkirk, Captain Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hodgson, Miles 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hopwood, Lieutenant 1, 2, 3

  Horse Guards

  concerned about Craufurd’s harshness 1

  Craufurd asks for more troops 1

  and Craufurd’s offer to resign 1

  and gentlemen volunteers 1

  Craufurd shielded from his enemies by

  Wellington 1

  and newly made generals 1

  lack of rewards to 95th Rifles 1

  writing off of lives 1

  Hougomont chateau 1, 2

  Household Cavalry 1, 2

  Blues 1

  Life Guards 1

  Hudson, Major 1

  Huebra River 1, 2, 3

  Hundred Days 1

  Hythe, Kent 1, 2

  Imperial Guard 1

  India 1

  Ireland

  Catholic emancipation issue 1

  rising of 1798 1

  commissions in the Army 1

  Ironsides 1

  Isle of Wight 1

  Ituero 1, 2

  Jackson, Sergeant Esau 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Jacobite rebellion (1745) 1

  John, Will 1

  Johnson, Dr Samuel 1

  Johnston, Captain Willie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Jones, Captain 1

  Joseph, King

  at Talavera 1

  at Vitoria 1, 2

  Napoleon sacks him 1

  Junot, General 1, 2, 3

  Kelly, Private Dan 1

  Kempt, Major General James 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Kennedy, James Shaw 1

  Kincaid, Lieutenant John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

  Adventures in the Rifle Brigade 1, 2

  Random Shots from a Rifleman 1

  Lapisse, General 1, 2

  Laurel (master of Fortune) 1

  Layton, Lieutenant Jonathan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Leach, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  commands 2nd Company 1, 2, 3

  and Craufurd 1, 2, 3, 4

  Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3

  Busaco 1

  on tobacco 1

  Harry Smith deputises for 1, 2

  dislike of Craufurd 1, 2

  menagerie 1

  Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2

  lack of provisions 1

  optimism 1

  theatricals 1, 2

  contempt for parade-ground soldiers 1

  Vitoria 1, 2

  attack on the Mouiz fort 1

  and the murder in Plaisance 1

  on French women at Castel Sarrazin 1

  Waterloo 1, 2

  comes through the Belgian campaign

  with honour 1

  resigns from the Army 1

  on the rifleman as a universal soldier 1

  Rough Sketches 1

  Légion Hanovrienne 1

  Leicestershire Militia 1, 2

  Leipzig 1

  Leon 1

  Life Guards 1, 2

  Light Brigade

  marches through Portugal 1, 2

  pig shooting 1

  arrives at Campo Maior 1

  and the rifle 1, 2

  guards Wellington’s army against sur-

  prise attack 1

  Crauford converts into a Light Division 1

  ‘Sir John Moore’s System’ 1

  wins the admiration of the Peninsular

  Army 1

  Light Division

  1st (Right) Brigade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  2nd (Left) Brigade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  creation of 1

  Standing Orders 1, 2, 3, 4

  Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3, 4

  skulkers 1

  and the 69ème Régiment 1

  Busaco 1, 2, 3

  at Santarem 1, 2

  skirmishing tactics 1

  Erskine appointed acting commander 1

  casualties at Cazal Noval 1

  praised by Wellington 1

  Sabugal 1, 2, 3, 4

  making its name in small battles 1

&
nbsp; Fuentes d’Onoro 1, 2, 3, 4

  qualities of the men 1

  Peninsular Army impressed with 1, 2

  opinion of Erskine 1

  desertion to the enemy 1, 2, 3, 4

  continues to be sentinel for the Army 1

  billeting troops 1

  four companies from the 3rd Battalion

  join 1

  Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Craufurd’s funeral 1, 2

  witnesses executions for desertion 1, 2

  Barnard in charge 1

  Badajoz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  marching prowess 1, 2

  theatricals 1

  skirmishing at the Huebra 1

  Alten the new commander 1

  acquisition of Spanish/Portuguese wives 1, 2

  loses some fighting edge 1

  Wellington reviews 1

  Vitoria 1, 2, 3

  the Nive 1, 2

  Tarbes 1

  embarks at Bordeaux 1

  and Picton 1

  first on the field and last off 1

  provides the backbone of the Army’s

  staff 1

  origins of its success 1

  physical fitness 1

  Ligny 1, 2

  Lincolnshire 1

  Lisbon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Little Teson 1, 2

  Lodi, battle of 1

  Loison, General 1, 2, 3

  longbows 1

  Longford family 1

  Lutterworth feast 1

  McCann, Rifleman 1, 2

  McDiarmid, Captain 1, 2, 3

  MacFarlane, William 1, 2, 3

  McInnes, Malcolm 1, 2, 3

  MacKenzie, Colonel Kenneth 1

  MacLeod, Major Charles 1, 2, 3

  McNabb, Private Billy 1, 2

  MacNamara, Lieutenant 1

  Madrid 1, 2, 3

  Maior River 1, 2

  Malabar (master of Fortune) 1

  Manningham, Colonel Coote 1

  ‘Green Book’ 1, 2

  Marcel, Captain 1

  Marcel, Sub-Lieutenant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Marengo, battle of 1, 2

  Marmont, Marshal Auguste 1, 2

  Masséna, Marshal André 1, 2

  at Busaco 1, 2, 3

  and Torres Vedras 1

  pulls back to Santarem 1, 2, 3

  his army dwindles in size 1

  Order of the Day 1

  Fuentes d’Onoro 1

  Mata de Lobos (Death of Wolves) 1, 2

  Maucune, General Antoine-Louis 1, 2, 3

  Mayberry, Private Thomas 1, 2

  Mayor of Garrett, The (play) 1

  Medical Boards 1, 2

  mercenaries 1

  Mercer, Lieutenant 1, 2

  Milijoso stream 1

  Mills (deserter) 1

  Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel John 1

  Mitchell, Captain Samuel 1, 2

  Mitchell, Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4

  Moissac 1

  Mondego river 1, 2

  Mont Saint Jean ridge 1, 2

  Moore, Rifleman Alexander 1, 2

  Moore, Sir John 1, 2

  commands the Light Brigade in

  Shorncliffe 1

  and Dundas’s ‘damned

  manoeuvres’ 1

  killed at Corunna 1

  death avenged at Busaco 1

  Sir John Moore’s system 1, 2

  Mouiz fort 1, 2

  Moura 1, 2, 3

  Munoz 1

  Murphy (of the 95th) 1

  Murray, General 1

  musketry

  firing 1

  inaccuracy of 1, 2

  Brown Bess 1

  very short range 1

  rate of fire 1

  fusil de dragons 1, 2

  Muster Lists 1

  Napier, Major Charles 1, 2, 3, 4

  Napier, Major William 1, 2, 3

  History of the War in the Peninsula and

  in the South of France 1

  Napoleon I, Emperor of France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  his armies triumph on the Continent 1

  locked in battle with Austria 1

  and long-range firing 1

  attempts to take over Spain and Portugal 1

  absence from Spain 1

  reputation of his light troops 1

  his advanced guard 1

  disaster in Russia 1

  fighting in Germany 1, 2

  defeat at Leipzig 1

  abdication 1

  his defeated legions 1

  awards scheme 1

  escapes from Elba 1

  use of cuirassiers 1

  Waterloo 1, 2, 3

  loses his gamble to regain power 1

  second abdication 1, 2

  Napier on his troops 1

  National Guard 1

  Nava de Haver 1, 2, 3

  Needles, Isle of Wight 1

  Ney, Marshal Michel 1, 2

  at Barba del Puerco 1

  Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3

  at Busaco 1

  poor shooting of his infantry 1

  Cazal Noval 1

  Foz de Arouce 1

  achievements with the rearguard 1

  Quatre Bras 1

  95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)

  reorganisation 1, 2, 3

  British Army’s best-known regiment 1

  campaigns against the French in Spain 1, 2

  green jackets 1, 2, 3, 4

  weapons 1

  destined to become a legend 1, 2, 3, 4

  founded to emulate American sharp-

  shooters 1

  superiority of techniques and instruction 1

  fosters soldiers’ ambition 1

  composition 1

  promotion 1, 2

  buying commissions 1

  as skirmishers 1, 2, 3

  lack of medals from the campaign 1

  ultimate test 1

  name changes to The Rifle Brigade 1

  tactics adopted by others 1

  motivation 1

  ‘the band of brothers’ 1

  see also Rifle Brigade; Rifle Corps

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

  1st Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  2nd Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  3rd Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  4th Company 1

  5th Company 1, 2

  6th Company 1

  7th (Highland) Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  8th Company 1, 2

  9th Company 1, 2, 3

  10th Company 1, 2, 3, 4

  Left Wing 1, 2, 3

  Right Wing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  embarks from Dover (25 May 1809) 1, 2, 3

  officers 1, 2

  Talavera 1

  falling out issue 1

  Guadiana fever 1, 2

  thievery 1, 2, 3

  Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3

  Busaco 1, 2, 3, 4

  expert at concealment 1

  appearance of veterans 1

  in arrears with pay 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  casualties at Cazal Noval 1

  Foz de Arouce 1

  victory at Sabugal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Fuentes d’Onoro 1

  used to being surrounded by death 1

  gentlemen volunteers 1

  desertion 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Cameron commands 1

  Badajoz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

 

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