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29 apr 2024 · The initial German assault on Mons consisted of five divisions attacking the British II Corps of two divisions commanded by Lieutenant General Horace Smith-Dorrien, an old India hand.
9 mag 2024 · General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien decided when confirming the sentence to make a very public example of Highgate and ordered that he ‘should be killed as publicly as possible’. As a result, he was executed in front of two companies of his comrades.
14 mag 2024 · General Smith-Dorrien, Governor of Gibraltar 1918-1923. In my last post, I mentioned General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, who was Governor of Gibraltar from 1918 to 1923. He had a successful military career, and distinguished himself at the battle of el Cateau, which covered the retreat from Mons in 1914.
29 apr 2024 · At the darkest moment of the retreat General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien made the bold decision to turn his forces and fight. This lecture tells the story of how and why this decision was made and examines the events of the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914.
9 mag 2024 · Present at the demonstrations are the Duke of Connaught and (possibly) General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien. The Cavalry demonstrate their ability to dismount, picket, off-saddle, and bed down at high speed, then how to remount again equally quickly, all while wearing gasmasks.
11 ore fa · In April and May 1910, with his term of office at Camberley still officially running until January 1911, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), William Nicholson, told Wilson that he was to succeed Spencer Ewart as Director of Military Operations that summer and vetoed him from accepting Horace Smith-Dorrien's offer of a brigade at ...
2 giorni fa · French's friend General Grierson, GOC II Corps, had died suddenly and French returned to GHQ on 17 August, to find that Kitchener had appointed Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien to command, knowing that French disliked him, rather than Plumer (French's choice) or Hamilton (who asked for it).
