Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry by Chappell, Mike

Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781841764030)

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Format: Paperback
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Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry by Chappell, Mike

Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry

$20.00
Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry by Chappell, Mike

Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2): The Light Infantry

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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The forces which Wellington led in Portugal and Spain and up into southern France during the Peninsular War (1808-1814) achieved a record of victory perhaps unmatched in the history of the British Army. Among his infantry the regiments of the Light Division were self-consciously an lite, trained to fight with initiative and independence on the exposed edges of the marching army. This book explains their evolution and tactics, details the campaigns in which they fought and illustrates the uniforms and equipment of the Light Infantry regiments: the 43rd (Monmouthshire), 52nd (Oxfordshire), 51st (2nd Yorkshire), 68th (Durham) and 85th (Bucks Volunteers).

Author: Mike Chappell
ISBN-10: 1841764035
ISBN-13: 9781841764030
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2004
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.74h x 7.18w x 0.20d
By Mike Chappell
By Mike Chappell
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Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952. Over the next 22 years of infantry soldiering, many of them spent with the Gloucester Regiment, he held every rank and many regimental appointments up to WO1 and Regimental Sergeant Major. He retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey.

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