Key point: Long-distance killing revolutionized warfare. On a freezing January day in 1809, rifleman Thomas Plunkett of the British 95th Rifles was flat on his back in the snow outside of the Spanish ...

He works in mysterious ways.

So, no matter who the trigger-puller is today, contemporary soldiers should tip their helmets in honor of the Baker rifle and the troops who carried it. Perhaps no other weapon in the last 200 years ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

New York: Walker & Co., 2004. Pp. 351 pages. Illus., notes, biblio. $27.00 . ISBN: 0-8027-1437-4 Most readers will be familiar with the famous greenjackets of the 95th Rifle Regiment through Bernard ...