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… released in 1761, and was made general a year after. … Seventeen years later, as lieutenant-general, he won at Brix …
Surely, some mention is needed here of why he had been demoted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyresider (talk • contribs)
He wasn´t. The paragraph was somewhat misleading before I fixed it; he was made a Major General in 1761 (so a general, but not a [full] General) and a Lieutenant General in 1775. ...GELongstreet (talk)