Rifleman Gallery

The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1

"The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricia's Own (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches. The men stayed in position for hours opening up brisk fire on the unsuspecting enemy, killing nine or ten German soldiers. They kept the enemy at bay until nightfall after which they retired to the trenches -the only casualty being a slight bullet wound to the finger of one. Note the men in the waterlogged trench making attempts to drain it. Date: 1915

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Charge of French Alpine Chasseurs in Alsace, WW1

The Chasseurs Alpins, the famous French mountain riflemen carrying out a dashing charge on skis at Hermannsweiler Kopf in Alsace. Forty Chasseurs Alpins, under an officer, were in position among a forest of fir trees when the hill was surrounded by the enemy. They dashed down the hill with bayonets fixed but were outnumbered and after a fierce hand-to-hand fight, were all killed. Date: 1915

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General Daniel Morgan in a buckskin coat of the Virginia rangers, c1780, (1937)

General Daniel Morgan in a buckskin coat of the Virginia rangers, c1780, (1937). Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. Tactician of the American Revolutionary War, associated with the Whiskey Rebellion. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937]

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