Talk:John Smith (British Army officer, born 1754)

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This page is a copyright violation from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The paragraphs from "Smith was promotted" to "England soon after" are lifted pretty much verbatim. The article can be reconstructed with public-domain DNB text. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:49, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

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