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95th Infantry Recruitment Drive
Brief History of the 95th Line
In 1802, the Rifle Corps was brought into the line of the British Army as the 95th Regiment of Foot, the 95th Rifles. In 1803, the 95th moved to Shorncliffe Army Camp, Kent, where it underwent light infantry training, along with the 43rd and 52nd Regiments of Foot, under the tutelage of Colonel Coote-Manningham and Sir John Moore; the latter, like the 95th, would gain fame during the Peninsular War. In 1805, a 2nd Battalion was raised at Canterbury, Kent, and later in the year the 1st/95th deployed to Germany as part of a British expedition, under the command of Lord Cathcart, designed to liberate Hanover from occupation by France. The 95th subsequently formed the advance guard on the way to Bremen. In February 1806, the 95th formed the rearguard for the withdrawal to Cuxhaven and subsequently returned home to the UK.
In August 1808 the 2nd/95th was part of the immediate forces sent in the Portuguese expedition initially commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley and covered the landings at Mondego Bay. On 15 August they had the distinction of firing the first shots of the Peninsular War during a skirmish at Óbidos against the French, but also unfortunately suffered the first British officer fatality of the war, a Lieutenant Ralph Bunbury. On 17 August 1808 the 95th, as part of 6th Brigade which included the 5th/60th Foot, took part in the Battle of Roliça, the first pitched battle of the war, which saw the 95th distinguish themselves greatly.
After a brief posting in Ireland in 1856, it was sent to help quell the Indian Mutiny (1857-59), where it marched 3,000 miles across central India, helped capture Gwalior and Pouree and won its first Victoria Cross at Rowa. It lost only 67 killed, dead and wounded during the campaign, though on one day 89 officers and men suffered from heat-stroke. It also adopted as its mascot a fighting ram found tethered in a temple courtyard during the capture of Kotah in 1858, a tradition continued by its successor regiments.
95th in Mount and Blade
The 95th Infantry is a part of the 95th that focuses on the tough areas of the battlefield where the fighting is the most fierce.
We specialize in devastating melee charges that throw the enemy into disarray and use calm precise waves of shot to send the enemy packing.
We are currently looking do increase the raw amount of men so we can be an even larger presence on the battlefield.
We have regular training's and events every week at 7:00 GMT.
If you are interested and are willing to follow the rules below then add on Steam:
BA_Onyx
The Following are general rules that the whole 95th must follow:
No Trolling, abusive behavior,flaming or dishonoring the 95th tag.
Stay out of global in events.
Push to talk must be used in all the 95th Channels in team-speak.
No Teamkilling unless ordered to.
Thank you for looking at this thread!
If you have any problems put the down below and I will do my best to address them!
Color Sergeant Onyx
