Adventures in the Rifle Brigade |
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| Author:
| Kincaid, J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9791-8690-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.75 |
Book Description:
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Adventures in the Rifle Brigade is a memoir of the Napoleonic Wars in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 by Captain J. Kincaid. "I joined the second battalion rifle brigade, (then the ninety-fifth,) at Hythe-Barracks, in the spring of 1809, and, in a month after, we proceeded to form a part of the expedition to Holland, under the Earl of Chatham.""With the usual Quixotic feelings of a youngster, I remember how very desirous I was, on the march to Deal, to...
More DescriptionAdventures in the Rifle Brigade is a memoir of the Napoleonic Wars in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 by Captain J. Kincaid. "I joined the second battalion rifle brigade, (then the ninety-fifth,) at Hythe-Barracks, in the spring of 1809, and, in a month after, we proceeded to form a part of the expedition to Holland, under the Earl of Chatham.""With the usual Quixotic feelings of a youngster, I remember how very desirous I was, on the march to Deal, to impress the minds of the natives with a suitable notion of the magnitude of my importance, by carrying a donkey-load of pistols in my belt, and screwing my naturally placid countenance up to a pitch of ferocity beyond what it was calculated to bear."