Henry Gladwin Henry Gladwin Major-General Henry Gladwin (1729 or 1730 – 22 June 1791) was a British army officer in colonial America and the British commander at the Siege of Fort Detroit during Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763. He served in the disastrous campaign of Edward Braddock and in other actions in the French and Indian War but is best remembered for his defense of Detroit in Pontiac's Rebellion. Henry was born in 1729 or 1730 at Stubbing Court, near Wingerworth, Chesterfield, in Derbyshire. He was the eldest son of Henry Gladwin (1692–1763) by his second wife Mary daughter of John Digby Dakeyne
Siege of Fort Bard The Fort, called by Napoleon "vilain castel de Bard" (evil castle of Bard in French) was destroyed completely under a Napoleon's order and it will get rebuilt only in 1830 by Charles Albert of Savoy. The surprise attack at the Austro-Piedmontese forces on the Po river in Lombardy planned by Napoleon was delayed. Napoleon will later took over the Piedmontese and Lombard area by defeating the Austrians in the Battle of Marengo. Siege of Fort Bard The Siege of Fort Bard (also known as Bard Fort) was a military action that took place during May 1800 during the second Napoleonic