Who is the British general in Fort Ticonderoga?
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General James Abercombie....I think so\njust check out where I found the answer to confirm it.
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Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold\n"Gosnold was the primary force behind the expedition to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, but his efforts have, for the most part, been lost to history. As we approach the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 2007, this unexpected discovery gives us an opportunity to recognize his leadership and contribution to the beginning of America as we know it today,"
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George Rogers Clark. He was the great hero of the West. He led a ragged group of frontier militia, funded in large part from his own purse, and with it, in 1778–1779, drove the British from three key forts in the Illinois country and secured the vast lands beyond the mountains for the young United States.
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"Further to your previous correspondence (Q&A, December 30), which attributes the saying to the American General William Prescott, at the Battle of Bunker Hill ill 1775, this phrase is actually recorded some 32 years earlier.\nAt Dettingen, Flanders, on June 27, 1743, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw (5th Baronet) gave to the men or his regiment, the 21st of Foot, an order from which this saying is derived. A man of spirit even for the times, he had earlier in the day replied to a brigade order that "the scoundrels will never have the impudence to attack the Scots Fusiliers", but they did.\nFormed in square, the Scots Fusiliers held a steady fire rolling along their lines and kept off the advancing French infantry.\nSir Andrew, a resourceful and experienced officer, had in training practised a novel battle drill with the men in his square, should they be attacked by cavalry.\nAt last, the opportunity to spring this trap appeared when the square was attacked by enemy cuirassiers. Instead of employing the orthodox tactic of seeing them off by standing firm and taking the charge on muskets and pikes, Sir Andrew gave orders that, as the cavalry approached the front line, the two centre companies should divide from the centre and fall back from the outer markers. This novel approach allowed the cavalry to charge through a lane with the Fusiliers facing inwards. At this point Sir Andrew gave the command:\n"Dinna fire till ye can see the whites of their e' en . . . if ye dinna kill them they'll kill you." The French, as they rode through this lane of soldiers, were subjected to a withering crossfire and destroyed.\nLater in the day King George II, who commanded the Army but was a little out of his depth, rode up and said: "So, Sir.\nAndrew, I hear the cuirassiers rode through your regiment today." \n"Ou, ay, yer Majestee," was the reply "but they didna get oot again." \nThis account is extracted from an article in the Journal of the Royal Highland Fusiliers Volume 24, No 2 (Winter 2000) and written by Sir Andrew's descendant, Major Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Bt.\nDr J. R. Donald. Glasgow"
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Captain Richard Pearson was the commander of the HMS Sarapis\n\n"On 23 September 1779, his ship engaged the HMS Sarapis in the North Sea off Famborough Head, England. Richard was blasted in the initial broadside the two ships exchanged, losing much of her firepower and many of her gunners. Captain Richard Pearson, commanding the Serapis, called out to Jones, asking if he surrendered. Jones' reply:        "I have not yet begun to fight!" "
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Wow, something that Rob Roy isn't an expert on.  You are just about as dumb as string.  I guess the schools in Scotland must not cover what we call "The War of 1812,"  I don't know what the English call it.  I assume in Scotland they call it "The war in the place that we were sent to do England's bidding (again) in 1812-1814."  Your English masters did manage to burn our capitol down, but we still b1tch slapped you.  \n\nWhy do you love Belgians so much?  Why did you edit that entry?  I was going to snidely quote your derisive comment about learning history back to you.
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It's Culloden...\n\nBattle of Culloden\n\n\n\nBonnie Prince Charlie\nIt was the greatest ever moment in the history of the Jacobite movement. Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army had victoriously marched down through England, and were poised to strike at London itself.\nThen, at the very moment of their triumph, the Young Pretender and his forces decided to turn back and retreat to Scotland. \nIt was a decision which eventually turned out to be a disaster, because it led to their bloody and inglorious defeat at Culloden - the last military battle ever to be fought on British soil. \n\nWith the capital in panic at the thought of a Jacobite advance, the prince was determined to press on to try and secure the British throne for his father, the exiled would be James VIII. However, his chief lieutenants knew that victory would be no easy matter. As the prince's forces had marched south, they had not secured territory behind them.\nTwo of the king's most formidable military commanders, General George Wade and the Duke of Cumberland, were in pursuit and London itself had a large militia of loyalist troops ready to take the prince on. The sensible thing to do, it seemed, was to pull back. Charles sullenly agreed and, on December 6, 1745, the retreat started.\n\nOn his way north, the Scots fought off an attack at Clifton, in the Lake District and left 400 men to garrison the castle in Carlisle.\nOn Christmas day, Charles reached Glasgow and found he had huge problems picking up support for his cause. The city was strongly pro-government, and hundreds of its men were fighting on the Hanoverian side against him. Reluctantly - and probably more to get rid of him than anything - Glaswegians did provide Charles with provisions to refit his army, which left 10 days later. By now, Edinburgh had been reclaimed for the king by General Henry Hawley and the Jacobites knew that a showdown was in prospect. Reinforced by the arrival of a further 4000 troops, they finally came face to face with Hawley's forces at Falkirk.\nThe battle was a disaster for the Hanoverians. They lost ten times as many men as the prince - 400 to 40 - with most of the government forces fleeing the field and leaving behind their artillery and baggage.\nVictory at Falkirk, combined with the fact that still more troops and supplies were arriving from France and elsewhere, bolstered the Jacobite army. With government forces continuing to press against him and with the clan chiefs insisting on returning to the Highlands, however, the only way Charles could realistically go was north. He tried and failed to seize Stirling Castle before arriving in Inverness and taking the town on February 18. Fort Augustus succumbed in March, though Fort William held out. By now, there was another problem: the able Duke of Cumberland was in pursuit of the Jacobite forces along with an army of 9000 men. A seasoned and intelligent military strategist - and son of the King - Cumberland would not make the sort of tactical mistake which had allowed the Jacobites to win the battles of Prestonpans and Falkirk.\nBy April 14, Cumberland was in Nairn, while the prince's army was only 10 miles west at Drummossie. Charles's Quartermaster General, John William O'Sullivan, decided that the best approach was to try and catch the Hanoverian forces by surprise. The Pretender's troops, by then tired out and hungry, marched to Nairn, only to find Cumberland's forces awake - they were celebrating their leaders 25th birthday. The Highlanders were then forced to trudge back to Drummossie, where they arrived, exhausted and demoralised, just after dawn.\nUnknown to them, however, word had reached Cumberland that the enemy forces had tried to pounce on him. Knowing full well how tired and hungry the Jacobites were, he decided to attack them when they were at their weakest.\nThe two sides finally faced each other at Drummossie Moor, better known as Culloden, in a howling, freezing gale, o
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I assumed you were talking about George Washington...\n\nAfter retiring from the presidency in March 1797, Washington returned to Mount Vernon with a profound sense of relief. He established a distillery there and became probably the largest distiller of whiskey in the nation at the time, producing 11,000 gallons of whiskey and a profit of $7,500 in 1798.\n\nDuring that year, Washington was appointed Lieutenant General in the United States Army (then the highest possible rank) by President John Adams. Washington's appointment was to serve as a warning to France, with which war seemed imminent. While Washington never saw active service, upon his death one year later, the U.S. Army rolls listed him as a retired Lieutenant General, which was then considered the equivalent to his rank as General and Commander in Chief during the Revolutionary War.\n\nWithin a year of this 1798 appointment, Washington fell ill from a bad cold with a fever and a sore throat that turned into acute laryngitis and pneumonia and died on December 14, 1799, at his home. Modern doctors believe that Washington died from either a streptococcal infection of the throat or, since he was bled as part of the treatment, a combination of shock from the loss of blood, asphyxia, and dehydration. One of the physicians who administered bloodletting to him was Dr. James Craik, one of Washington's closest friends, who had been with Washington at Fort Necessity, the Braddock expedition, and throughout the Revolutionary War. Washington's remains were buried at Mount Vernon.\n\nFollow the link for more information.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_washington
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November 10 1775. Friday was the 231st birthday.\n\nSemper FI
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During the war (revolutionary war) he had several. The two he had through most of it were named: Nelson and Blueskin.
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King George II. Here's a website. Pay attention to the last sentence of the first paragraph).\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain
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Colonel Thomas Blood, known as the 'Man who stole the Crown Jewels'.\nArticle at site below
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Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller \n(he was a Colonel at the time, of course)\n\nFull article here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
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Col. Robert Gould Shaw\n\nand i think the other one was Col. James M. Montgomery \n\n\ncheck www.imdb.com for more info
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George Washington....thanks for the points! :)
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Visit the following sites:\n\nAmerican Generals of the Revolution - \nhttp://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/GENERALS.HTM\n\nBritish Generals of the Revolution - \nhttp://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/BRITGEN.HTM
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George Washington. easy two points!!!