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1737 Arthur St. Clair (March 23, 1737 â August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-American soldier and politician. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office. During the American Revolutionary War, he rose to the rank of major general in the Continental Army, but lost his command after a controversial retreat from Fort Ticonderoga.
1754 Baron Jurij Vega participated in several wars. In 1788 he served under Austrian Imperial Field-Marshal Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717â1790) in a campaign against the Turks at Belgrade. His command of several mortar batteries contributed considerably to the fall of the Belgrade fortress. Between 1793 and 1797 he fought French Revolutionaries under the command of Austrian General Dagobert-Sigismond de Wurmser (1724â1797) with the European coalition on the Austrian side. He fought at Fort Louis, Mannheim, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Kehl, and Dietz. In 1795 he had two 30-pound (14 kilogram) mortars cast, with conically drilled bases and a greater charge, for a firing range up to 3000 metres (3300 yards). The old 60 lb (27 kg) mortars had a range of only 1800 m (2000 yd).
1761 John W de Winter Dutch vice-admiral who is killed at the Battle at Kamperduin 1797.
1769 General Augustin-Daniel Belliard (1769-1832) was a French officer who served as a staff officer for most of his career, serving under Murat for long periods. Belliard’s military career began in the French National Guard. During the 1814 campaign in France Belliard served as a cavalry commander, and had to take the news of the surrender of Paris to Napoleon. He accepted the first Bourbon restoration. In 1815 he rejoined Napoleon and was sent as envoy to Murat. He was later accepted by the Bourbons for a second time. After the wars he wrote his book on Egypt and his memoirs.
1818 Don Carlos Buell (March 23, 1818 â November 19, 1898) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the MexicanâAmerican War, and the American Civil War. Buell led Union armies in two great Civil War battlesâShiloh and Perryville. The nation was angry at his failure to defeat the outnumbered Confederates after Perryville, or to secure East Tennessee. Historians generally concur that he was a brave and industrious master of logistics, but was too cautious and too rigid to meet the great challenges he faced in 1862. Buell was relieved of field command in late 1862 and made no more significant military contributions.
1915 Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: ÐаÑиÌлий ÐÑигоÌÑÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐаÌйÑев, 23 March 1915 â 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper (400 kills) during World War II. Prior to 10 November 1942, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle. Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers.
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