GENERAL ALISON.

Patea Mail, 14 August 1882, Page 4

GENERAL ALISON.

General Alison, now in command of the British force in Egypt, is a veteran of whom “ Men of the Time ” states :—• Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., K.C.8., son of Sir Archibald Alison, the first baronet, author of “ The History of Europe,” was born at Edinburgh, Jan. 21, 1826, and received his education in the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Entering the military services of his country in 1846, he became a captain in the 72nd Highlanders in 1853 ; brevet - major in 1856 ; lieutenant-colonel in 1858 ; and colonel in 1876. He served in the Crimea at the siege and fall of Sebastopol ; in India during the mutiny, as Military Secretary on the staff of the late Lord Clyde, and on the Gold Coast as BrigadierGeneral of the European Brigade, and second in command of the Ashantee Expedition in 1873-4. He commanded his brigade at the battle of Amoaful, the capture of Bequah, the action of Ordahsu, and the fall of Coomassie. He lost bis arm at the relief of Lucknow. Sir Archibald succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1867, and was Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland from Oct. 1874 to Oct. 1877, when he was promoted to the rank of Major-General. He published an able treatise “On Army Organization ” in 1869.