1st Venezuelan Rifles
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1st Venezuelan Rifles
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The 1st Venezuelan Rifles was a nominally Irish regiment that took part in the Venezuelan War of Independence. Commanded by Colonel Donald Campbell, a Scottish Protestant. Battalion Rifles was created on August 13, 1818 with the British Riflemen under the command of Colonel Robert Piggot, survivors of the Battle of La Puerta (1818), formerly called the Line Battalion or Fusiliers of the Honor Guard. Its nucleus was recruited by the British and its ranks were completed with Creole peoples and nat
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Integrated Irish regiment that participated in Venezuelan War of Independence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Venezuelan_Rifles
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2023-03-25T22:19:39Z
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