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COMMANDER // 1723–1791

Francis Smith

major-generalGreat BritainGreat Britain5 battles1 war

Lifespan

1723 – 1791

1730174017501760177017801790American Revolution · 1775–1783Boston campaign — April 19, 1775 · Great Britain · American RevolutionLexington and Concord — 19 Apr 1775 · Great Britain · American RevolutionSiege of Boston — April 19, 1775 · Great Britain · American RevolutionBattle of Long Island — August 27, 1776 · Great Britain · American RevolutionBattle of Rhode Island — August 29, 1778 · Great Britain · American Revolution

Active service 1775–1778 — 5 battles across 1 war; first command at age 52.

Profile

Major-General Francis Smith was a British Army officer. Although Smith had a lengthy and varied career, he is best known as the British commander during most of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on 19 April 1775. The fighting ignited the American War of Independence that would see thirteen of Britain's American Colonies become a separate nation.

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Battles (5)

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