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 Robert Ross (general) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Ross (1766 - September 12, 1814) was a British army officer who participated in the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812.
Ross personally led the British troops in the attack on the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, where the American army quickly collapsed.
Ross was born in Rostrevor, County Down, (now Northern Ireland) to Maj. David Ross, an officer in the Seven Years War and his mother was half-sister to the Earl of Charlesmont.
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 Robert Ross (general) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ross personally led the British troops in the attack on the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, where the American army quickly collapsed.
Ross was born in Ireland to Maj. David Ross, an officer in the
September 12, 1814) was a British military officer who participated in the Napoleonic War and the
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Ross_(general)   (485 words)

  
 Ross, Robert
1770-1814) British Officer: Robert Ross was born around 1770; in Ross Trevor, Devonshire, in England.
Ross arrived in Chesapeake bay with 3,500 men from Wellington's army, and was reinforced by 1,000 marines from Sir George Cockburn's blockading squadron.
Ross was killed in North Point, Maryland, on September 12, 1814, while leading the British advance toward Baltimore, Maryland.
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 Ross, Sir Robert Dalrymple
Ross entered the British army and was a commissariat officer during the Crimean war.
His father, John Pemberton Ross, had plantations in the West Indian islands, his mother, a daughter of Dr Alexander Anderson, was descended from Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, poet and statesman.
A native revolt broke out and Ross showed resource in organizing a military force of friendly natives.
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