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Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL (1 September 1845 – 30 October 1932) was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division in the Second Boer War. He suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Magersfontein, during which he failed to carry out adequate reconnaissance and accordingly his artillery bombarded the wrong place leading to the Highland Brigade taking heavy casualties. He was later captured by the Boers at Tweebosch. After the war, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in South Africa in 1908, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal in 1910 and then Gover

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  • Paul Sanford Methuen (cs)
  • Paul Methuen, 3. Baron Methuen (de)
  • Paul Sanford Methuen (fr)
  • Paul Methuen, III barone Methuen (it)
  • Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (en)
  • Метьюэн, Пол Сэнфорд (ru)
  • Paul Methuen, 3:e baron Methuen (sv)
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  • Paul Sanford Methuen, 3. baron Methuen z Corshamu (Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen of Corsham) (1. září 1845, Corsham Court, Anglie – 30. října 1932, Corsham Court, Anglie) byl britský polní maršál. Pocházel ze šlechtické rodiny a od mládí sloužil v armádě. Jako jeden z velitelů britské armády v búrské válce zcela zklamal, přesto později postupoval v hodnostech, byl povýšen na polního maršála (1911) a za první světové války byl guvernérem na Maltě. Do smrti zastával čestné hodnosti, kromě toho od roku 1890 jako dědic baronského titulu zasedal ve Sněmovně lordů. (cs)
  • Paul Sanford Methuen, 3. Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (* 1. September 1845, , Wiltshire; † 30. Oktober 1932 ebenda) war ein britischer Adeliger und Offizier, der bis zum Feldmarschall aufstieg. (de)
  • Paul Sanford Methuen (1er septembre 1845 – 30 octobre 1932), 3e baron Methuen, fut un Field Marshal britannique. (fr)
  • Paul Sanford Methuen, III barone Methuen (Corsham, 1º settembre 1845 – Corsham, 30 ottobre 1932) è stato un generale britannico. (it)
  • Пол Сэнфорд Метьюэн, 3-й барон Метьюэн (англ. Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen; 1 сентября 1845 — 30 октября 1932) — британский военачальник, фельдмаршал (1911). (ru)
  • Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL (1 September 1845 – 30 October 1932) was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division in the Second Boer War. He suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Magersfontein, during which he failed to carry out adequate reconnaissance and accordingly his artillery bombarded the wrong place leading to the Highland Brigade taking heavy casualties. He was later captured by the Boers at Tweebosch. After the war, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in South Africa in 1908, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal in 1910 and then Gover (en)
  • Paul Sanford Methuen, 3:e baron Methuen, född 1 september 1845 i Wiltshire, död 30 oktober 1932 i London, var en brittisk fältmarskalk, sonsons son till en brorson till John Methuen. Methuen deltog i expeditionen till Guldkusten 1873 och Bechuanaland 1884-1885, varefter han under några år innehade befattning som tillförordnad generaladjutant i Sydafrika. Vid boerkrigets utbrott i oktober 1899 erhöll han, som då befordrats till generallöjtnant, befäl över 1:a arméfördelningen, med vilken han från i Kapkolonin framgick till Kimberleys undsättning. (sv)
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  • The Lord Methuen (en)
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  • The Lord Methuen (en)
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  • Corsham Court, Wiltshire (en)
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  • Corsham Court, Wiltshire (en)
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