Famous Regiments; The Rifle Brigade by Basil Harvey: 1975 SIGNED First Edition Hardback
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Author: Basil Harvey
Publisher: 1975, Leo Cooper
Pagination: 130
Format: Hardback + DJ
Condition: Very Good.
First edition.
Labels, signed by the author and Sir Brian Horrocks at the title and facing page. This regimental history traces the lineage of the unit from its formation as 'An Experimental Corps of Riflemen' in 1800. Other regiments used the musket, it was armed with the rifle; others wore the red coat, its men were clad in jackets of green; others marched in columns, it used speed of movement and it always recruited the bravest and the best. Battle Honours included Copenhagen, Corunna, Waterloo, Sevastopol, Khartoum and Ladysmith. In the Great War Le Cateau, Somme, Arras, Messines and Cambrai. In WWII Calais, Sidi Rezegh, El Alamein and Cassino
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