Boys of the Light Brigade: A Story of Spain and the Peninsular War

Boys of the Light Brigade: A Story of Spain and the Peninsular War

Title: Boys of the Light Brigade A Story of Spain and the Peninsular War Author: Herbert Strang Release Date: November 15, 2013 [EBook #44190] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 "The Light Brigade" was the name given to the first British Brigade of Light Infantry, consisting of the 43rd Light Infantry, 52nd Light Infantry, and the 95th Rifles, which were trained together as a war-brigade at Shorncliffe Camp in the years 1803-1805, just a century ago, by General Sir John Moore, the Hero of Corunna. These regiments subsequently saw much service together in various quarters of the globe; they were engaged in the Expedition to Denmark in 1807, the Campaign in Portugal in 1808 under Sir Arthur Wellesley, including the Battle of Vimeiro, and the famous Corunna Campaign under Sir John Moore. In July, 1809, The Light Brigade, consisting of the same three corps, was re-formed under the gallant Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd (afterwards slain at their head at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo in 1812), at Vallada, in Portugal, and it was in the same month that it made the forced march, famous in all history as "the March of the Light Division", of some fifty miles in twenty-four hours to the battle-field of Talavera. In June, 1810, when at Almeida, in Spain, "The Light Brigade" was expanded into "The Light Division" by the addition of Ross's "Chestnut Troop" of Horse Artillery,[#] the 14th Light Dragoons,[#] the 1st King's German Hussars, and two regiments of Portuguese Caadores. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 44190
Author: Verner, William Willoughby Cole
Release Date: Nov 15, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Strang, Herbert

Illustrator: Rainey, W. (William), 1852-1936