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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

Product Description
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The crushing defeat suffered by the British Army by the Zulus at Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 is by any standards a gripping and shocking story. The discovery of a complete set of diaries written by a young Royal Artillery officer who was the only survivor of his unit which lost all their guns is a very important find.

Not only does this superb record tell of the dramatic events of that fateful day but it captures the atmosphere of the whole campaign and the age in which it was fought, and makes for compulsive reading ... Read more

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The most famous Rifleman account in its complete and original form - unedited and unabridged.Benjamin Harris' story has rightly won its place amongst the best and most well known British Army accounts of life on campaign during the war in Spain against Napoleon's French Army. It graphically tells of the gruelling retreat to Corunna, but it is the human detail of Harris' recollections on the march and on the battlefield that have made this a classic Napoleonic period memoir. This is Harris' full story - not readily available in this form for many years - in fact the Compleat Rifleman Harris! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Are we reading the same book?
This memoir of an ordinary soldier of the 95th-the Rifles-is one of probably less than ten first-handaccounts written by members of that regiment concerning the Napoleonic Wars.So it's value is indisputable and obvious to anyone interested in the subject.It is not edited by Hibbert or anyone else.It represents the original Curling record of Harris's verbal story.This edition contains an overview by Sir John Fortescue-one of the principal historians of the history of the British Army.It also contains an introduction by the publisher and additional extracts from books published by Leonaur which also concern the Rifles in this period. Whilst unedited,Harris's text here has been 'organised' by the publisher to make it a more cohesive and accessible work.Leading Peninsular War historian Ian Robertson has adopted this format for his work on Harris for a new Spanish language edition and he has acknowledged this publisher within it for their contribution.Over all this probably makes this edition near to definitive at the moment.It is available in hardcover too which some editions are not.For the confused-It is a history book : not a work of fiction.It also lacks whistles,bells and flashing lights-but then you can't have everything!

Vivid Memoirs of a Rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars
These memoirs were only recently published by another publisher with an overview written by Christopher Hibbert (noted Historian). The overview puts into context these memoirs by Benjamin Harris, a soldier of the 95th Rifles who served briefly in Spain and Walcheren during the Napoleonic wars.
Harris is a great raconteur and his stories are nicely recorded by one Capt Curling. The anecdotes are sometimes rambling but they do convey a sense of what soldiering on campaign must have been like. The mortality rate is terrific and Harris appeared to have led a charmed life.

He was not Sharp
This is a well written series of anecdotes on the life of a rifleman during the Peninsular war. You will understand something of the life of and hardships of an individual soldier, but if you are looking for Sharp like action, then you probably will be disappointed. ... Read more

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The Gentleman's Library was one of the leading magazines in England until the mid 1800s. It was the receptacle of the current news and observations. The historian, Gibbons, recommended that the literary, historical and miscellaneous articles on the manners and customs of their forefathers be captured in a single volume, so they are not lost, and serve as a valuable original source. The group of extracts from the magazine include customs of: a certain period or locality, agricultural and land, marriage, funerals, birth, pageants, feasts - both of the upper and lower classes. Fascinating collection of interest to historians and sociologists. ... Read more