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Veteran of Albuera and New Orleans who policed the Cape
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A house in Addiscombe became the final home for a much-travelled old soldier, who fought in Wellington’s armies in Spain and France, and for 36 years served as a police chief in a frontier colony in South Africa, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Addiscombe, Andrew Jackson, Baron de Lorentz, Battle of Albuera, Battle of New Orleans, Cape Colony, Cape Town, Charles de Lorentz, David Morgan, Duke of Wellington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Penninsular War, War of 1812
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