Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Mackay (British Army officer)
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:44, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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Alexander Mackay (British Army officer)
[edit]- ... that Colonel Alexander Mackay, was appointed commander of British forces in Boston, Massachusetts in Summer 1768 but did not arrive until April 1769 and stayed for just five months?
ALT1:... that Captain Alexander Mackay, who later rose to command all British forces in Scotland was captured by the Jacobites at the Battle of Prestonpans?- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert S. Sears
Created by BrownHairedGirl (talk), Dumelow (talk). Nominated by Dumelow (talk) at 07:40, 28 June 2014 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The original hook has an inline citation while ALT1 is less satisfactory because of the Scotland/North Britain confusion. QPQ has been done and I saw no evidence of close paraphrasing or other policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:16, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
