Osprey Elite №215. Philip Haythornthwaite. British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars

Osprey Publishing, 2016. — 68 p. — ISBN 9781472816061.Offering a detailed analysis of the tactics, this book is studded with period 'battle descriptions' quoted from eye-witness accounts, creating a comprehensive guide to the Light and Rifles units of Wellington's Light Division. As the result of the first tentative experiments in skirmishing the units achieved an unsurpassed peak of efficiency - they marched faster, were versatile in any sort of tactical situation and could shoot more accurately than either friend or foe. No other national army, either allied or enemy, achieved these standards.