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Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) / 31.19805611°N 29.91916694°E / 31.19805611; 29.91916694. The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 1 to July 30, 30 BC between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony during the last war of the Roman Republic. In the Battle of Actium, Antony had lost the majority of his fleet and had been forced to ...
Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL (1 September 1845 – 30 October 1932), was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division ...
Battle of Alexandria, Raid on Alexandria, or Siege of Alexandria may refer to one of these military operations fought in or near the city of Alexandria, Egypt: Siege of Alexandria (169 BC), during the Syrian Wars. Siege of Alexandria (47 BC), during Caesar's Civil War. Battle of Alexandria (30 BC), fought between Roman forces during the Final ...
Baron Methuen. Baron Methuen, of Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created in 1838 for the former Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Wiltshire North, Paul Methuen. His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his father), was a distinguished soldier who became Field marshal. [2]
The command was given to Lieutenant-General Paul Methuen. [60] [61] The majority of the division departed the UK between 20 and 24 October, and arrived at Cape Town around three weeks later. [c] Before their arrival, the Boers invaded the British Cape and Natal colonies, and besieged Kimberley and Ladysmith respectively. [62]
Location within Egypt. The siege of Alexandria was a series of skirmishes and battles occurring between the forces of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII, Arsinoe IV, and Ptolemy XIII, between 48 and 47 BC. During this time Caesar was engaged in a civil war against remaining Republican forces. The siege was lifted by relief forces arriving from Syria.
Paul Methuen. Paul Methuen may refer to: Paul Methuen (reformer) (fl. 1566), Scottish reformer. Sir Paul Methuen (diplomat) (c. 1672–1757), British diplomat, Secretary of State, Privy Councillor, MP for Devizes 1708–1710, Brackley 1715–1747. Paul Methuen (MP) (1723–1795), MP for Westbury 1747–1748, for Warwick 1762–1768, Great ...
Biography. Methuen was the son of Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Matilda (née Gooch). He sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1812 to 1819 and for Wiltshire North from 1833 to 1837. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1831 and raised in 1838 to the peerage as Baron Methuen, of Corsham in the County ...