This novel, set during The Peninsular War, tracks Captain Mark Mitchell and his companyof Riflemen armed with the deadly but slow loading Baker Rifle.Trained to a higher standard than any other infantrymen in the British army, Riflemen were encouraged to be thinking, fighting soldiers who could function independently in the field and Mitchell is not simply a hardened fighting man but anintelligent one who thinks his way out of predicaments faster than he got into them, and itis this ability to read a battle situation which frequently means the difference betweendefeat and victory.I hate this bloody street fighting, sir," his bugler muttered. "Mind you, I'm not keen on any other kind, either." He grunted. "It's times like this when I wonder why I ever joined the bloody army, sir."Mitchell grunted. "Me too, corporal. Me too " He took a breath. "Rifles, with me