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This is the autobiography of Smith-Dorrien, one of the most notable British military figures of the mid-Victorian and Edwardian ages. The author's first experiences of military life were nearly his last and in this book we are given a vital and chilling account of what it was to be one of the few surviving officers to flee from the Zulu impis at Isandlwhana.
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien was a British General, prominent during the first year of the First World War. His father was a retired colonel, and after attending Harrow, Smith-Dorrien joined the army in 1876. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the 95th (Derbyshire) foot, before attending Sandhurst. Smith-Dorrien’s first experience of battle ...
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien. O General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC ( 26 de Maio de 1858 – 12 de Agosto de 1930) foi um militar e comandante britânico do batalhão "British II Corps" e do segundo exército da Força Expedicionária Britânica durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. [ 1]
Horace Smith-Dorrien (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British Army General during World War I. He commanded II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force at the Battle of Mons and the Second Battle of Ypres, after which he was relieved of command by his old rival John French due to his suggestion that the British withdraw to a better defensive position. Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien was ...
Smith-Dorrien held senior commands in the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He commanded II Corps at the Battle of Mons, the first major action fought by the BEF, and the Battle of Le Cateau, where he fought a vigorous and successful defensive action contrary to the wishes of the Commander-in-Chief Sir John French, with whom he had had a personality clash dating back some ...
26 de oct. de 2019 · General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930) was born in Haresfoot, England. A veteran of the 1879 battle of Isandlwana and the Boer War, he assumed command of the II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force from August 1914 and the Second Army from December 1914 to April 1915.
Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (1858-1930) was born at Haresfoot in in 1858. Sponsored Links With the outbreak of war Smith-Dorrien, who was a veteran of the 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana and the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, was given command of II Corps of Sir John French's British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
