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Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet GCB GCSI (4 June 1786 – 6 October 1872) was a British Indian Army officer. He first saw action at the Battle of Deeg and at the Siege of Bhurtpore during the Second Anglo-Maratha War before taking part in the Anglo-Nepalese War. He also commanded the British artillery at the Battle of Prome and at Bagan during the First Anglo-Burmese War. Following a disastrous retreat from Kabul in January 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War, the retreating forces became stranded at the small British garrison at Jalalabad and Pollock was appointed Commander of the Force sent to relieve the garrison: he advanced through the Khyber Pass and relieved the garrison in April 1842. He then set about an unauthorised but ultimately successful mission to rescue the B

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  • George Pollock (General) (de)
  • George Pollock (1er baronnet) (fr)
  • George Pollock (pl)
  • Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet (en)
  • George Pollock (militär) (sv)
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  • Sir George Pollock, 1. Baronet, GCB, GCSI, (* 4. Juni 1786; † 6. Oktober 1872) war ein britischer Feldmarschall und führte den zweiten Angriff auf Kabul im Ersten Anglo-Afghanischen Krieg. (de)
  • Le maréchal Sir George Pollock, 1er baronnet (4 juin 1786 - 6 octobre 1872) est un officier de l'armée indienne britannique. En 1844, la médaille Pollock est créée pour commémorer les réalisations de Pollock: cette médaille devait être décernée au "meilleur cadet de la saison" au séminaire militaire d'Addiscombe. (fr)
  • Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet GCB GCSI (4 June 1786 – 6 October 1872) was a British Indian Army officer. He first saw action at the Battle of Deeg and at the Siege of Bhurtpore during the Second Anglo-Maratha War before taking part in the Anglo-Nepalese War. He also commanded the British artillery at the Battle of Prome and at Bagan during the First Anglo-Burmese War. Following a disastrous retreat from Kabul in January 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War, the retreating forces became stranded at the small British garrison at Jalalabad and Pollock was appointed Commander of the Force sent to relieve the garrison: he advanced through the Khyber Pass and relieved the garrison in April 1842. He then set about an unauthorised but ultimately successful mission to rescue the B (en)
  • George Pollock (ur. 4 czerwca 1786, zm. 6 października 1872 w Eastry w Kencie) – brytyjski wojskowy. 21 stycznia 1801 r. rozpoczął naukę w Royal Military Academy w Woolwich. We wrześniu 1803 r. wstąpił do Artylerii Bengalskiej i wyruszył do Indii. Swój chrzest bojowy przeszedł pod Deig w listopadzie 1804 r. w bitwie z Marathami. Brał również udział w oblężeniu Bharatpur na początku 1805 r. Następnie rozpoczął pracę sztabowca. W latach 1814-1816 wziął udział w wojnie z Nepalem, a następnie powrócił do pracy sztabowej. (pl)
  • Sir George Pollock, född den 4 juni 1786 i Piccadilly i London, död den 6 oktober 1872 i Walmer i Kent, var en engelsk krigare. Han var bror till och farfars bror till Frederick Pollock, 3:e baronet. Pollock gick 1803 i brittiska Ostindiska kompaniets tjänst som och hade (1841) avancerat till överbefälhavare över trupperna väster om Indus, då han 1842 genom sitt skickligt planerade och lyckosamt genomförda fälttåg i Afghanistan vann stort rykte. Efter en rad lyckligt utförda operationer forcerade han i april Khyberpasset och marscherade mot Jalalabad till sir Robert Sales undsättning, tillfogade därefter afghanerna nya grundliga nederlag vid i augusti och vid i september, framträngde till Kabul, hissade den 16 september ånyo engelska flaggan i borgen Bala Hissar och förde de i Kabul fö (sv)
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  • Sir George Pollock, Bt (en)
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  • Sir George Pollock, Bt (en)
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  • Walmer, Kent (en)
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  • Piccadilly, London (en)
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