Project Gutenberg 2015-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 74 Simmons, George 1785 1858 Verner, William Willoughby Cole 1852 1922 Verner, Willoughby 01019213 A British Rifle Man The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo E-text prepared by MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "A British Rifle Man" by George Simmons is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book compiles the journals and correspondence of Major George Simmons of the Rifle Brigade during the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo. It captures the experiences and challenges faced by a British soldier who is deeply motivated by a sense of duty to his family as well as his country, offering insights into military life during this tumultuous period. The opening of the work introduces Major George Simmons, outlining his background and determination to embark on a military career to support his family. He conveys a sense of excitement and eagerness as he prepares to leave England for Portugal with the 1st Battalion 95th Rifles. Through personal letters and journal entries, readers gain a glimpse into his views on camaraderie with fellow soldiers, the conditions faced during embarkation, and his reflections on the social and political landscape of the times. As Simmons navigates the complexities of war, his narrative foreshadows the hardships and valor that are central to the battles he and his fellow Riflemen will encounter in the coming campaigns. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 Peninsular War, 1807-1814 DC Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - Warfare 746132 745877 2024-09-21T09:09:29.278923 2023-09-22T06:29:14.944850 text/html text/html 754088 2015-12-21T22:54:21 text/html 1213687 2015-12-21T22:57:02 text/html application/zip 1335865 2024-09-21T09:09:40.935296 application/epub+zip 1331654 2024-09-21T09:09:31.115874 application/epub+zip 357500 2024-09-21T09:09:30.170859 application/epub+zip 1538516 2024-09-21T09:09:47.913269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1392813 2024-09-21T09:09:39.568364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525455 2022-09-23T05:18:56.108693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 669363 669162 2024-09-21T09:09:27.401856 2023-09-22T06:29:13.233799 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 669451 2020-06-14T18:43:43 text/plain; charset=utf-8 247515 2020-06-14T18:43:43 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18763 2024-09-21T09:09:48.070284 application/rdf+xml 18777 2024-09-21T09:09:30.295836 image/jpeg 2688 2024-09-21T09:09:30.233916 image/jpeg 1212924 2024-09-21T09:09:29.363865 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog