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Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros.

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  • Robert Napier, 1. Baron Napier of Magdala (de)
  • Robert Napier (es)
  • Robert Napier, I barone Napier di Magdala (it)
  • Robert Napier (1er baron Napier de Magdala) (fr)
  • Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (en)
  • Robert Napier (pl)
  • Robert Napier, 1:e baron Napier av Magdala (sv)
  • Нейпир, Роберт (ru)
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  • Robert Cornelis Napier, 1. Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, (* 6. Dezember 1810 in Colombo; † 14. Januar 1890 in London) war ein britischer Feldmarschall, der in den britischen Kolonialkriegen des 19. Jahrhunderts kämpfte. (de)
  • Robert Cornelis Napier, 1.er Barón Napier de Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS (6 de diciembre de 1810 - 14 de enero de 1890), fue un militar británico. (es)
  • Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros. (en)
  • Robert Cornelis Napier (6 décembre 1810 – 14 janvier 1890), 1er baron Napier de Magdala, est un militaire de l'armée britannique, membre de l'ordre du Bain, de l'ordre de l'Étoile d'Inde, de l'ordre de l'Empire des Indes et de la Royal Society. (fr)
  • Robert Napier, primo barone di Magdala (Ceylon, 6 dicembre 1810 – Londra, 14 gennaio 1890), è stato un militare inglese. (it)
  • Robert Cornelis Napier (1. Baron Napier Magdala) (ur. 6 grudnia 1810, zm. 14 stycznia 1890) – brytyjski wojskowy, marszałek polny. (pl)
  • Роберт Корнелис Нейпир (англ. Robert Cornelis Napier; 6 декабря 1810, Цейлон — 14 января 1890, Лондон, Англия) — британский военный и государственный деятель, фельдмаршал, губернатор Индии и Гибралтара, 1-й барон Нейпир Магдальский. Великий командор ордена Бани, кавалер ордена Звезды Индии и ордена Индийской Империи. Член Королевского общества Лондона. (ru)
  • Robert Cornelius Napier, 1:e baron Napier av Magdala, född 6 december 1810 i Colombo på Ceylon, död 14 januari 1890 i London, var en brittisk arméofficer i Indien, sedermera utnämnd till fältmarskalk. Napier blev ingenjörsofficer och under 1840- och 1850-talen genomförde han ett antal vägbyggen såväl i fält som för samfärdseln vilka hade stor betydelse för det brittiska koloniseringen av Indien. Han utmärkte sig i de båda sikhkrigen, främst vid stormningen av Multan 23 januari 1849. Under sepoysupproret spelade han 1857 en viktig roll under de två expeditioner som undsatte de belägrade brittiska trupperna i Lucknow. 1858 besegrade han den indiske rebelledaren trupper vilket tvingade Tope att ge upp i januari 1859, varmed upproret i stort upphörde. För detta belönades han med knightvärdigh (sv)
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  • The Lord Napier of Magdala (en)
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  • The Lord Napier of Magdala (en)
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  • London, England, UK (en)
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