Fusiliers: Eight Years with the Redcoats in America

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Faber & Faber, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages
From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one regiment marched thousands of miles and fought a dozen battles to uphold British rule in America: the Royal Welch Fusiliers. With a wealth of previously unused primary accounts, Mark Urban reveals the inner life of the regiment - and, through it, of the British army as a whole - as it fought one of the pivotal campaigns of world history. With customary narrative flair, Urban shows how the foundations were laid for the redcoats' subsequent performance against Napoleon, as they became one of the crack regiments of the army.

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19 April 1775
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The Royal Welch Fusiliers on the Eve of Revolution
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Copyright

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Mark Urban is the Diplomatic Editor of the BBC's Newsnight and was formerly defence correspondent for the Independent. His most recent book is Generals: Ten British Commanders who Shaped the World, described by Tim Collins as 'entertaining, informative and insightful,' and by Allan Mallinson as 'one of the most intelligent books on the British Army I have ever read.'

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