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6 de sept. de 2021 · William Sidney Smith is second and youngest son of the late Spencer Smith, Esq., at one time a Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte, afterwards an officer in the Guards, and for many years Ambassador at Constantinople and Munich; and nephew of the late Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, G.C.B. [1] His great-grandfather, Capt. Edw. Smith, R.N. was mortally wounded in command of the Burford in the ...
2 de feb. de 2007 · The life and correspondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, G.C.B. 26
Sir William Sidney Smith (Westminster, 1764 – Paris, 1840), entré dans la Royal Navy en 1777, fut fait prisonnier en 1795 et resta deux ans au Temple après avoir été chargé par l’Amiral Hood d’incendier la flotte française dans le port de Toulon. Il dirigea la défense de Saint-Jean-d'Acre contre les Français, forçant Bonaparte à ...
21 de feb. de 2024 · Sir W. Sidney Smith, and the officers immediately under his orders, surrounded by a tremendous conflagration, had nearly completed the hazardous services assigned to them, when the loud shouts, and the republican songs of the approaching enemy, were heard at intervals amid the bursting of shells and firing of musketry.
Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) (Updated, April 2024) Over life-size marble statue, the sitter bare-headed, facing forwards but looking and imperiously pointing slightly down to his right with extended right arm. His left arm stretches back behind to support him on one of several pieces of ruined masonry and his left leg rests ...
18 de jul. de 2023 · The Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith GCB is a biography of the esteemed British naval commander, written by John Barrow. This book chronicles Smith's naval accomplishments and his strategic role in major conflicts such as the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
