An American frontier officer, Andrew Jackson, had easily outwitted some of Great Britain's ablest and most experienced professional generals.
Albert Beveridge: “An American frontier officer, Andrew Jackson, had easily outwitted some of Great Britain's ablest and most experienced…”
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Beveridge praises Andrew Jackson's strategic prowess against British generals.
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