Adye

Adye

Adye (spr. ēdi), Sir John Miller, brit. General, geb. 1819 in Kent, gest. 26. Aug. 1900, trat 1836 in die Artillerie, machte den Krimkrieg und den Kampf gegen die Sepoys als Generaladjutant der Artillerie mit, nahm 1863–64 am Feldzug in Afghanistan teil und ward 1870 Direktor der Artillerie im Kriegsministerium, 1875 Generalmajor und Gouverneur der Militärschule in Woolwich, 1879 Generalleutnant und 1884 General. 1882 war er Generalstabschef Wolfeleys während des ägyptischen Feldzuges und darauf bis 1886 Gouverneur von Gibraltar. Er schrieb: »The defence of Cawnpore in Nov. 1857« (Lond. 1858); »A review of the Crimean war in the winter of 1854–1855« (1860); »Sitana, a mountain campaign in 1863« (1867); »The British Army in 1875« (1875); »Recollections of a military life« (1895).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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