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Archibald Forbes

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Archibald Forbes (17 April 183830 March 1900) was a Scottish war correspondent. [1]

36 relations: Alexander II of Russia, Anglo-Zulu War, Carlist Wars, Clarence Terrace, County of Moray, Cyprus, Doctor of Divinity, Elliott & Fry, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Jalalabad, John Frederick Maurice, Khyber Pass, Lewis William Forbes, Mandalay, Mikhail Skobelev, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Montgomery C. Meigs, Order of Saint Stanislaus, Osman Nuri Pasha, Paris Commune, Philip Howard Colomb, Prince of Wales, Redvers Buller, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), The New York Times, Thibaw Min, Ulundi, Ulysses S. Grant, University of Aberdeen, Viscount Chelmsford, War correspondent, William Howard Russell, William Tecumseh Sherman, 1st The Royal Dragoons.

Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II (p; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was the Emperor of Russia from the 2nd March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881.

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Anglo-Zulu War

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

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Carlist Wars

The Carlist Wars were a series of civil wars that took place in Spain during the 19th century.

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Clarence Terrace

Clarence Terrace overlooks Regent's Park in Marylebone, City of Westminster, London, England.

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County of Moray

Moray (Moireibh), or Elginshire, is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east.

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity (DD or DDiv; Doctor Divinitatis) is an advanced or honorary academic degree in divinity.

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Elliott & Fry

Elliott & Fry was a Victorian photography studio founded in 1863 by Joseph John Elliott (14 October 1835 – 30 March 1903) and Clarence Edmund Fry (1840 – 12 April 1897).

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Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley

Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army.

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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

Helmuth Johann Ludwig Graf von Moltke (23 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a nephew of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke and served as the Chief of the German General Staff from 1906 to 1914.

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Jalalabad

Jalālābād, or Dzalalabad, formerly called Ādīnapūr as documented by the 7th-century Xuanzang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan.

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John Frederick Maurice

Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice KCB (1841–1912) was a senior British Army officer, chiefly remembered for his military writings.

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Khyber Pass

The Khyber Pass (د خیبر درہ, درۂ خیبر) (elevation) is a mountain pass in the north of Pakistan, close to the border with Afghanistan.

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Lewis William Forbes

Very Rev Lewis William Forbes DD (1794-1854) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1852, the highest position in the Church of Scotland.

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Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma).

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Mikhail Skobelev

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (29 September 1843 – 7 July 1882) was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week in Edinburgh every year.

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Montgomery C. Meigs

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 – January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War.

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Order of Saint Stanislaus

The Order of Saint Stanislaus (Order św., Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Osman Nuri Pasha

Osman Nuri Pasha (عثمان نوری پاشا‎; 1832, Tokat, Ottoman Empire – 5 April 1900, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire), also known as Gazi Osman Pasha, was an Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877.

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Paris Commune

The Paris Commune (La Commune de Paris) was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871.

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Philip Howard Colomb

Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, RN (29 May 1831 – 13 October 1899).

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) was a title granted to princes born in Wales from the 12th century onwards; the term replaced the use of the word king.

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Redvers Buller

General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was an Indian Army officer.

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Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 (lit, named for the year 1293 in the Islamic calendar; Руско-турска Освободителна война, Russian-Turkish Liberation war) was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox coalition led by the Russian Empire and composed of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thibaw Min

Thibaw Min, also Thebaw or Theebaw (သီပေါ‌မင်း,; 1 January 1859 – 19 December 1916) was the last king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last Burmese sovereign in the country's history.

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Ulundi

Ulundi, also known as Mahlabathini is a town in the Zululand District Municipality.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Viscount Chelmsford

Viscount Chelmsford, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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War correspondent

A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone.

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William Howard Russell

Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March 1820, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland – 11 February 1907, London, England) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents.

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William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.

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1st The Royal Dragoons

The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) was a mounted infantry and later a heavy cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Forbes

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