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JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Frere was strongly of opinion that the bolder was the better course, and he urged his views on Sir John Moore with an urgent and fearless persistency that on one occasion at least overstepped the limits of his commission. |
 | | After the disastrous retreat to Corunna, the public accused Frere of having by his advice endangered the British army, and though no direct censure was passed upon his conduct by the government, he was recalled, and the marquess of Wellesley was appointed in his place. |
 | | Freres complete works were published in 1871, with a memoir by his nephews, W. and Sir Bartle Frere, and reached a second edition in 1874. |
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