In several cases the dates given are those of the edition used in the compilation of this book rather than of the first edition.
Arvers, Capitaine P., et al, Historique du 82e Regiment D’Infanterie de Ligne, Paris, 1876
Baker, Ezekiel, 33 Years Practice and Observation … with Rifle Guns, London, 1813
Bell, Major General G., Rough Notes by an Old Soldier, London, 1867
Blakiston, Major J., Twelve Years’ Military Adventure, London, 1829
de Brack, Colonel F., Light Cavalry Outposts, reprinted in English translation by Brown and Buckland (Ken Trotman), 2002
Beaufroy, Captain Henry, Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1808 (Beaufroy has been identified as author; the work was published as being ‘by a Corporal of Riflemen’)
Boyle, Colonel Gerald Edmund, The Rifle Brigade Century, London 1905
Campbell, Colonel Neil, A Course of Drill and Instruction in the Movements and Duties of Light Infantry, London, 1808 (Campbell, an early member of the 95th who later served with Wellesley in Denmark, was asked by the general to produce this volume to create some sort of standard drill for light companies from line battalions)
Clerc, Commandant, Campagne du Marechal Soult Dans Les Pyrennees Occidentales 1813–1814, Paris 1894.
Cooke, John, A True Soldier and Gentleman, ed. Eileen Hathaway, Shinglepicker Press, 2000
Colville, John, The Portrait of a General, Salisbury, 1980
Cooper, Sergeant J., Rough Notes on Seven Campaigns, Carlisle 1869.
Cope, Sir William, History of the Rifle Brigade (the 95th), London, 1877
Costello, Edward, The True Story of a Peninsular Rifleman (edited version of his earlier memoir), Shinglepicker Press, 1997
Craufurd, Rev. Alexander, General Craufurd and his Light Division, London 1891.
Croker, John Wilson, The Croker Papers, London 1885
Cross, Captain John, A System of Drill and Manoeuvres as Practised in the 52nd Light Infantry Regiment, London, 1823.
Derrecagaix, General, Le Marechal de France Comte Harispe, 1768–1855, Paris, 1916
Duhesme, Comte P. G., Essai Historique sur l’Infanterie Legère, Paris, 1814
Dumay, Capitaine, Historique du 66e Regiment d’Infanterie (1672–1900), Tours, 1900
Dumas, Lt Colonel J. B., Neuf Mois de Campagnes a la Suite du Marechal Soult, Paris, c.1900
Dundas, Colonel D., Principles of Military Movements, Chiefly Applied to Infantry, London, 1788
Dupuy, Capitaine R., Historique du 3e Regiment de Hussards de 1764 a 1887, Paris, 1887.
Duthilt, Capitaine, Memoires du Capitaine Duthilt, Lille, 1909
Ehwald (sometimes sp. Ewald), Colonel Von, A Treatise upon the Duties of Light Troops, London, 1803
Fare, Charles, Lettres d’Un Jeune Officier à Sa Mère 1803–1814, Paris, 1889
Fernyhough, Thomas, Military Memoirs of Four Brothers, London, 1829
Fitzclarence, Lord, Manual of Outpost Duties, London, 1849
FitzMaurice, F. M., Recollections of a Rifleman’s Wife at Home and Abroad, London 1851
FitzMaurice, J., Biographical Sketch of Major General John FitzMaurice, Italy, 1908
Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Mitchell and His World, 1792-1855, New South Wales Institution of Surveyors
Fririon, François-Nicholas, Journal Historique de la Campagne de Portugal, Paris, 1841
Fuller, J. F. C., Sir John Moore’s System of Training, London, 1924
Gassendi, Comte Jean Jacques, Aide-Memoire des Officiers d’Artillerie de France, Paris, 1809
Gates, David, The British Light Infantry Arm, c.1790–1815, London, 1987
Girod de L’Ain, Capitaine M., Le General Eble, Paris, 1893
Gleig, ‘Account of Robert Craufurd’s Funeral’, first published in The Gem, 1829, reprinted in A Memoir of the Late Major General Robert Craufurd, privately published, 1842
Glover, Michael, ed., A Gentleman Volunteer: The Letters of George Hennell, London, 1979
Godbert, Capitaine H., Historique du 70ème Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne, 1792–1815, Leguyers, 1890
Grattan, William, Adventures with the Connaught Rangers, London, 1853
Green, William, A Brief Outline of Travels and Adventures of William Green, Coventry, 1857
Griffiths, Paddy, ed., A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. ix: Modern Studies of the War in Spain and Portugal, 1808–1814, London, 1999
Hall, John A., A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. viii: The Biographical Dictionary of British Officers Killed and Wounded, 1808–1814, London, 1998
Harris, Benjamin, A Dorset Rifleman, ed. Eileen Hathaway, Shinglepicker Press, 1995.
Hay, Captain William, Reminiscences, 1809–1815, under Wellington, London, 1901
Haythornthwaite, Philip J., The Armies of Wellington, London, 1994
Howard, Dr Martin, Wellington’s Doctors, Spellmount, 2002
James, C., A Collection of the Charges, Opinions and Sentences of General Courts Martial, London, 1820
Kincaid, John, Random Shots from a Rifleman, London, 1835
MacDonald, John, Instructions for the Conduct of Infantry, London (a translation of French regulations, but contains an introduction)
Larpent, F., Private Journal of F. Seymour Larpent, Judge Advocate General, London, 1853
Leach, Jonathan, Rough Sketches of an Old Soldier, London, 1831
– Recollections and Reflections Relative to the Duties of Troops Composing the Advanced Corps of an Army, London, 1835
– Sketch of the Field Services of the Rifle Brigade from its Formation to the Battle of Waterloo, London, 1838
– Rambles Along the Styx, London, 1847
Liddell Hart, B. H., ed., The Letters of Private Wheeler, London, 1951
Macdonald, J., Rules and Regulation of the Field Exercise, 1803 (a translation of the French 1791 regulations but contains interesting remarks on
French light troop tactics by the translator)
Mannigham, Colonel Coote, Military Lectures Delivered to the 95th (Rifle) Regiment, 1803, first published in the Rifle Brigade Chronicle, 1896, republished by Ken Trotman, 2002.
Marbot, Baron J., Memoires du General Baron Marbot, Paris, 1892
Martinien, A., Tableaux par Corps et par Batailles des Officiers Tués et Blessés pendant les Guerres de l’Empire, Paris, 1899
Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel J., Thoughts on Tactics and Military Organisation, London, 1838
Moore Smith, G. C., The Autobiography of Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith, London, 1901
– The Life of John Colborne, Field Marshal Lord Seaton, London, 1903
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– The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, 4 Vols., London, 1857
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– Wellington’s Army 1809–1814, London, 1913
Rottenburg, Colonel, Regulations for the Exercise of Riflemen and Light Infantry and Instructions for Their Conduct in the Field, London, 1803 (a translated and slightly edited version of the first regulations produced five years earlier by the Commanding Officer of the new 5th/60th; Rottenburg’s name does not appear, although he was undoubtedly the author)
Pelet, Jean Jacques, The French Campaign in Portugal 1810-11, ed. Donald Horward, Minneapolis, 1973
Simmons, George, A British Rifleman, Greenhill edition, 1986.
Six, Georges, Dictionnaire Biographique des Generaux et Amiraux Français de la Revolution et de l’Empire, 1792–1814, Paris, 1934
Sontag, Colonel, Hints for Non-Commissioned Officer on Actual Service, London, 1803
Stevens, Crosbie, ‘The Rifle Brigade 1800–1870: A Study of Social, Cultural and Religious Activity’, PhD thesis, Sheffield University, 1996
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Surtees, William, Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade, 1973 reprint of 1833 edition
Torrens, Major General Sir Henry, Field Exercise and Evolutions of the Army, London, 1824
Trefcon, Colonel, Carnet de Campagne du Colonel Trefcon, Paris, 1914
Var, Le Commandant, ed., Campagnes du Capitaine Marcel, Paris, 1913
Vassais, Capitaine J. G., Historique du 69ème Regiment d’Infanterie (1672–1912), Paris, 1913
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Weddeburne, Sergeant William, Observations on the Exercise of Riflemen, Norwich, 1804
Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington, Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington, London, 1852
Wyld, James, Maps and Plans Showing the Principal Movements, Battles, and Sieges …, London, 1840
Rules and Regulations for the Formation, Field Exercise and Movement of His Majesty’s Forces, London, 1792
General Orders, Spain and Portugal, London, 1811–14
The Standing Orders of the Light Division, Dublin, 1844
The Pakenham Letters 1800 to 1815, privately printed, 1914