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General James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 – 23 April 1781) of Glassaugh, Banffshire was a British Army general and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754. He was commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War , best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 ...
- 1717–1772
- British Army
James Abercromby o Abercrombie (1706-1781) fue un general escocés que participó en la Guerra Franco-india. Su principal actuación en la guerra fue en la Batalla de Carillon, un gran fracaso británico. Biografía. Nació en Escocia en una familia adinerada. Entró en el ejército en 1742 y fue ascendido a coronel en 1746.
- Alexander Abercromby, Helen Meldrum
- 1706, Banffshire (Reino Unido)
James Abercrombie (born 1706, Glassaugh, Banffshire, Scot.—died April 23/28, 1781, Stirling, Stirlingshire) was a British general in the French and Indian Wars, and the commander of the British forces in the failed attack on the French at Ticonderoga. A lieutenant colonel of the Royal Scots early in his military career, Abercrombie was ...
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24 de abr. de 2021 · To do this, General James Abercrombie was tasked with capturing Fort Carillon. The first two prongs of the British strategy would succeed, and set the stage for further victories in 1759. But Abercrombie would ultimately suffer defeat in the bloodiest battle of the French and Indian War.
James Abercrombie (born James Smither Abercrombie; 7 July 1891 – 7 January 1975) was an American inventor who is best known for designing the world's first reliable blowout preventer (BOP) to contain disastrous well blowouts.
- July 7, 1891, Huntsville, Texas
8 de jun. de 2023 · James Abercrombie’s inventive genius and entrepreneurial spirit left an indelible mark on the world of industrial innovation. His groundbreaking inventions and technological advancements transformed key industries, driving economic growth and societal progress.
In the battle, which took place primarily on a rise about three-quarters of a mile (one km) from the fort itself, a French army of about 3,600 men under General Marquis de Montcalm and the Chevalier de Levis defeated a numerically superior force of British troops under General James Abercrombie, which frontally assaulted an ...
