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| | A Thirst for Glory: The Life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Smith was not a great man, not a nice man, not a particularly likable man. But he had luck, and time, and place on his side. |
 | | On the surface, Admiral Sir Sidney Smith had as spectacular a career as any during the Napoleonic Wars, climaxing with his brilliant defense of Acre against Napoleon's army of Egypt. |
 | | Smith, on the other hand, was a brave man, a fine fighting sailor and soldier, and an astute diplomat, but he was also absolutely full of himself, and his contemporaries never forgave him for it. |
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