"Wellington's Mongrel Regiment " Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Oct 2016 12:20 p.m. PST |
"Wellington's Mongrel Regiment, A History of the Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment 1801-1814 I decided to read 'A History of the Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment' (CB) as I was acutely aware that as a student of the Peninsular War and Wellington's army in particular, this originally French emigre regiment had passed my scrutiny and I only had a basic knowledge centered on all the established clichés from Oman and others about its high rates of desertion. On reading Alistair Nichols history of the regiment I soon discovered the large gap in my knowledge together with a certain confirmation of the previous impression which reinforced my thinking that the CB were a rather enigmatic regiment, very difficult to pin down in character…"
Full review here
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| B6GOBOS | 19 Oct 2016 6:27 p.m. PST |
Found this most interesting. Thank you for posting this Tango01! |
| Green Tiger | 20 Oct 2016 2:14 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 20 Oct 2016 10:41 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it boys!. (smile)
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| Jabba Miles | 21 Oct 2016 2:19 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the review JJ. |
| Gazzola | 21 Oct 2016 6:12 a.m. PST |
Tango01 Good find. It is always great when books about the lesser known regiments, battles and campaigns become available. They all add to our knowledge and love of the period. But yet another flamin' book to go on my to-get list. Thanks for that Armand. |
| Tango01 | 21 Oct 2016 12:35 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it too my friends!. (smile)
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looks at a multi-period building.
