Chapter I: Page

Formation of an Experimental Corps of Riflemen--Expedition to
Ferrol--Re-formation of the Rifle Corps--First list of officers--
Account of Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. W. Stewart--Standing orders--
First Expedition to Copenhagen--Nelson’s testimony--He gives a
medal to the Riflemen--The Rifle Corps numbered 95--Camp at
Shorncliffe under Sir John Moore--Formation of the 2nd Battalion
--Account of Lieut.-Colonel Wade--Sidney Beckwith’s magnanimity--
Expedition to Germany--Attack on Monte Video--Attack on Buenos
Ayres--Second Expedition to Denmark--Battle of Kioge--Three
companies proceed to Sweden--Arrival of Riflemen in Portugal--
Affair at Obidos--Battle of Roleia--Battle of Vimiera--Both
Battalions in Spain--Meeting of the Riflemen at the Trianon--
Retreat--General Craufurd’s stern discipline--2nd Battalion
embarks at Vigo--Fight at Cacabelos--Tom Plunket shoots a French
General--Battle of Corunna--Embarkation of 1st Battalion--
Casualties-- Arrival in England--Death of Colonel Manningham 1

CHAPTER II.

Formation of the 3rd Battalion--1st Battalion again proceed to
Portugal--Join the Light Division--March from Calzada to Talavera
--March to the bridge of Almaraz--Scarcity of food--Winter
quarters at Campo Major--2nd Battalion embark for Holland--Humbley
seizes a French picquet--Siege of Flushing--Walcheren fever--1st
Battalion on the Coa--Fight at Barba del Puerco--Craufurd’s
Divisional Order--Beckwith’s system of command--Night march to
Gallegos--Fight at the Coa--Casualties--Battle of Busaco--Lines
of Torres Vedras--Fight at Sobral--Simmons takes some French
prisoners--Massena’s retreat--Fight near Valle--Winter quarters--
A company of the 2nd Battalion with Ballesteros--Defence of
Tarifa--Defence of Cadiz--Battle of Barrosa 42

CHAPTER III.

Massena’s retreat from Santarem--Skirmishes at Paialvo; at
Pombal; at Redinha--French politeness--Skirmishes at Casal-nova;
at Foz d’Aronce; at Ponte da Murcella; at Freixadas--Lieutenant
James Stewart--Combat at Sabugal--Skirmish at the bridge of
Marialva; at Fuentes d’Onor--Battle of Fuentes d’Onor--Night
panic at Sabugal--March to the Alemtejo--Cantonments on the
Agueda--Retreat to Soita--Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo--Assault of
San Francisco--Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo--Casualties--Anecdotes
of General Craufurd--Military Executions--Siege of Badajos--
Capture of La Picurina--Storming of Badajos--Casualties--Harry
Smith’s romantic adventure 71

CHAPTER IV.

Character of Sidney Beckwith--Riflemen reviewed by Lord
Wellington--Skirmish near Rueda; at Castrejon--Manœuvring near
Salamanca--Battle of Salamanca--March to Madrid--2nd Battalion
companies fight at Seville; at Puente Larga--Departure from
Madrid--Death of Lieutenant Firman--Retreat to the frontier of
Portugal--Sufferings of the Riflemen--Their high state of
discipline--Spanish recruits--Campaign of 1813--Affair at the
Hormuza--Skirmish at San Millan--Battle of Vittoria--The 95th
capture the first gun; and the last at the Araquil--March to
intercept Clausel; to Pamplona; to the Pyrenees--Skirmish at
Santa Barbara--Night marches--Fight at the bridge of Yanci;
at Echalar--First Regimental dinner--Storming of S. Sebastian--
Fight at the Bidassoa--Cadoux’s picquet at the bridge of Vera--
Forcing the pass of Vera--The Arrhunes 112