1st Venezuelan Rifles
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The 1st Venezuelan Rifles (Spanish: 1.er Regimiento de Rifles de Venezuela) was a nominally Irish regiment that took part in the Venezuelan War of Independence. Commanded by Colonel Donald Campbell, a Scottish Protestant, its core was British-recruited and its ranks were filled out with criolles and Caribbean natives. The unit took part in actions including expeditions across the Llanos and the Andes and the Boyaca Campaign.
External links
- 1st Venezuelan Rifles - 1818 (Archived 2009-10-22)
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