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28 de feb. de 2022 · André’s close friend, Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe, excoriated Washington. “It is my most ardent hope, that on the close of some decisive victory, it will be the regiment’s fortune to secure the murderers of Major André, for the vengeance due to an insulted nation, and an insulted army,” Simcoe wrote.
23 de nov. de 2019 · 5 – Major John André Monument – Tappan, NY . Major John André had personally requested of George Washington to be executed by a firing squad, which was befitting of a soldier that was to be put to death; however, Washington fully intended to have André hanged at the gallows as a spy (similar to how school teacher Nathan Hale was hanged ...
John André (2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American War of Independence. This was due to an incident in which he attempted to assist Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British. André was born on 2 May 1750 in London to wealthy Huguenot parents, Antoine André, a ...
13 de ago. de 2020 · John André. In the nave of Westminster Abbey there is a monument to Major John Andre, executed as a spy by the Americans in 1780. Designed by Robert Adam and carried out by Peter Mathias Van Gelder it was erected in 1782 at the expense of King George III. It shows a mourning figure of Britannia with a lion, seated on the top of a sarcophagus.
British Major John André was one of the most famous prisoners of the Revolutionary War. A favorite of British General Sir Henry Clinton, the handsome young major was also popular with Philadelphia "high society;" intelligent and witty, André was noted for the elaborate entertainments he wrote and designed for parties.
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27 de oct. de 2023 · John André (2 May 1750/1751 – 2 October 1780) was a major in the British Army and head of its Secret Service in America during the American Revolutionary War. He was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army for assisting Benedict Arnold 's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York, to the British.
