John Oswald (British Army officer)
General Sir John Oswald GCB GCMG (2 October 1771 – 8 June 1840) was a prominent British Army officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service was conducted in seven different theatres of war. Oswald was born in Fife and educated in France, which gave him both excellent command of the French language and close connections with the French aristocracy. The excesses of the French Revolution gave him a hatred of the French Republic and later Empire, and his exemplary service in the West Indies, the Netherlands, Malta, Italy, Egypt, the Adriatic and finally the Peninsular War demonstrated both his keen tactical and strategic understanding his and personal courage.
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John Oswald (British Army officer)
General Sir John Oswald GCB GCMG (2 October 1771 – 8 June 1840) was a prominent British Army officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service was conducted in seven different theatres of war. Oswald was born in Fife and educated in France, which gave him both excellent command of the French language and close connections with the French aristocracy. The excesses of the French Revolution gave him a hatred of the French Republic and later Empire, and his exemplary service in the West Indies, the Netherlands, Malta, Italy, Egypt, the Adriatic and finally the Peninsular War demonstrated both his keen tactical and strategic understanding his and personal courage.
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General Sir John Oswald GCB GC ...... at his family estate in Fife.
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• Alexandria expedition of 1807
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• Battle of Maida
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• Battle of Osma
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• Battle of Vitoria
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• Capture of Malta
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• Capture of Martinique, St Lucia and Guadeloupe
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• Capture of the Ionian Islands
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• Invasion of the Netherlands
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1771-10-02
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1840-06-08
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General Sir John Oswald GCB GC ...... ding his and personal courage.
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