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About John Lysaght Pennefather
General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather GCB was a British soldier who won two very remarkable victories. First, at Meanee, India, where it was said that 500 British soldiers defeated 35,000 Indians. Second, at the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854 during the Crimean War, where he commanded the 2nd Division, a force of 3,000 soldiers who fought in the fog and played a key role in the defeat of 35,000 Russians.
Everything about John Lysaght Pennefather →- Occupation
- military personnel, soldier
- Citizenship
- Ireland
- Born
- September 9, 1798
- Died
- May 9, 1872