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Samuel Auchmuty
Sir Samuel Auchmuty was a British general born in New York. He fought in India and Egypt, captured Montevideo in 1807 during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, and in 1811 commanded the army that conquered Java from the Franco-Dutch forces. He died as commander-in-chief in Ireland.
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