For example, Baldrick is reduced to making coffee from mud and cooking rats, while General Melchett hatches a plan for the troops to walk very slowly toward the German lines, because " it'll be the last thing Fritz will expect.

There is also usually another main character who is on a par with him in terms of intelligence and serves as someone for him to play games of one-upmanship with, such as Lord Melchett and Captain Darling, but these characters are typically sycophantic toadies who suck up to their superiors like Queenie and General Melchett, whom Blackadder himself is also forced to reluctantly serve.

For example, in the British sitcom Blackadder Goes Forth, set in 1917 ( 27 years before the word was first used ), the character General Melchett declares that he likes the term and orders his batman to take note of it because he wants to " use it more often in conversation ".

There were two main Melchetts: Lord Melchett and General Melchett.

In the millennium special, Blackadder Back and Forth, Fry reprised the roles of The Duke of Wellington and Lord Melchett, and also played the Roman General Melchicus ( a character very similar to General Melchett ) and the modern-day Archbishop Flavius Melchett ( a character with slight similarities to both Lord Melchett and General Melchett ).

In Blackadder Goes Forth, Stephen Fry groaned whenever he sat down, to give the impression that General Melchett had piles.

In the episode " General Hospital " Melchett sits next to Captain Blackadder and Nurse Mary and groans, forcing Rowan Atkinson ( Blackadder ) to hide a smile.

* The second episode of the BBC series Blackadder Goes Forth revolves around Captain Blackadder killing and eating a carrier pigeon belonging to General Melchett, only to be court-martialed and brought before a firing squad for the offence.

Major General Stephen Otu was the first native Ghanaian Chief of Defence Staff, being appointed in September 1961.

* General History of the Ghana Armed Forces – a Reference Volume, ( Professor ) Stephen Addae, Ministry of Defence of Ghana Armed Forces ( sic ), Accra, 2005, ISBN 9988-8335-0-4. nearly 700 pages but quite readable.

By the summer of 1846, American forces under General Stephen W. Kearny had captured New Mexico.

* 1812 – War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights – As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock.

The current, and 22nd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Conservative Party's Stephen Harper, who was appointed on February 6, 2006, by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, following the general election that took place that year.

The revision of the calendar in 1969 removed the mention of Saint Stephen I from the General Roman Calendar, but, according to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, the 2 August Mass may now everywhere be that of Saint Stephen I, unless in some locality an obligatory celebration is assigned to that day, and some continue to use pre-1969 calendars that mention a commemoration of Saint Stephen I on that day.

* Stephen Willard, General Topology, ( 1970 ) Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading Massachusetts.

* October 13 – War of 1812 – Battle of Queenston Heights: As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock ( he dies during the battle ).

For the task, Prime Minister Stephen Harper convened a special search group — the Governor General Consultation Committee — which consisted of Sheila-Marie Cook, secretary to the Governor General ( the chairperson ); Canadian Secretary to the Queen and Usher of the Black Rod Kevin MacLeod ; Christopher Manfredi, dean of the Faculty of Arts at McGill University ; Rainer Knopff, a political scientist at the University of Calgary ; Father Jacques Monet, of the Canadian Institute of Jesuit Studies ; and Christopher McCreery, historian and private secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

The plea bargain was later mocked by former Maryland Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs as " the greatest deal since the Lord spared Isaac on the mountaintop ".

One month later, while serving under General Stephen D. Lee, Forrest experienced tactical defeat at the Battle of Tupelo in 1864.

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy suggested to Glenn and his wife in December 1962 that he should run against incumbent United States Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio in the 1964 Democratic primary election.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had called a public inquiry in November 2007, and appointed future Governor General David Lloyd Johnston as a special adviser, to study the matter and prepare terms of reference for the inquiry.

Larry Riley, longtime assistant coach to Don Nelson, took over as General Manager and drafted Stephen Curry with the 7th lottery pick.

In the 1905 pamphlet The Social General Strike, published in Chicago in 1905, Stephen Naft had previously acknowledged the same four levels of the general strike:

The same situation resulted in the 19th century in Kearney, Nebraska, when that community was named for Mexican War General Stephen W. Kearny.

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore, Deputy Quartermaster General of the Hillsborough district, was another Revolutionary War hero of note, commanding Person County troops in the Battle of Camden.

It was named after Fort Kearny, which in turn was named after Brigade General Stephen W. Kearny.

* Brigadier General Speed S. Fry, Civil War officer

In 1863 he was appointed one of the Bounty Commissioners under the Enrollment Act and served until 1865, working closely with Provost Marshal General James B. Fry and members of his office responsible for accounting for the quotas of men enlisted from the city of Philadelphia.

Born in Eastland, Texas, Hayden Fry was descended from one of the Texas First Families ; his great-great-grandfather fought beside General Sam Houston in the Mexican War against Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto.

The proponent of this project, Donald Fry, the CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee stated in an interview with the Baltimore Business Journal that the approval of initial design funds by the Maryland General Assembly gives the green light to both the Greater Baltimore Committee and Willard Hackerman to enter into serious negotiations with private investors regarding " naming rights or concession agreements for the arena " and he feels that this is a good sign that the Maryland General Assembly will, in fact, provide even more state funding towards this project in the future stating:

On the initiative of Samuel V. Brock, the U. S. Consul General in Marseille from 1999 to 2002, the square in front of the Consulate was renamed Place Varian Fry.

Once Fry confirmed his participation, Davies did not hear back from the production team Unlike following the classic format of the show where most questions follow a subject, instead the episode was an hour long ( including breaks ) General Ignorance round.

In 1948, LtCol Fry ( an eminent military lawyer ) published the opinion: The Royal Commissioner based his report on an interpretation of international law, and did not discuss General Bennett's action from the standpoint of Australian military law, which placed him under no inflexible obligation to remain on Singapore Island.

* Major General Robert Fry, 2001 – 2002

Notable residents have included inventor Thomas Edison, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, newscaster Diane Sawyer, actors Victor Mature and Tom Cruise, the Speed family ( including U. S. Attorney General James Speed and Abraham Lincoln's close friend Joshua Fry Speed ), the Bingham family, industrialist / politician James Guthrie, U. S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and writers Hunter S. Thompson and Sue Grafton.

* The Book of General Ignorance, Foreword by Stephen Fry ( Mackays of Chatham, plc 2006 )

** Allgemeine-SS – " General SS ", general main body of the Schutzstaffel made up of the full-time administrative, security, intelligence and police branches of the SS as well as the broader part-time membership which turned out for parades, rallies and " street actions " such as Kristallnacht ; also comprised reserve and honorary members

* Allgemeine SS — " General SS ", general main body of the Schutzstaffel made up of the full-time administrative, security, intelligence and police branches of the SS as well as the broader part-time membership which turned out for parades, rallies and " street actions " such as Kristallnacht ; also comprised reserve and honorary members.

In fact, the song was a favorite of President Abraham Lincoln ; he had it played at some of his political rallies and at the announcement of General Robert E. Lee's surrender.

Harris and the other officers wrapped General Johnston's body in a blanket so as not to damage the troops ' morale with the sight of the dead general.

The Swiss Confederate mobilized its troops — the country follows the doctrine of " armed neutrality " with all males required to have military training — a number that General Eisenhower estimated to be about 850, 000.

* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

* 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.

* 1865 – American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.

* 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

* 1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.

To isolate the Danube from any Allied intervention, Marshal Villeroi's 46, 000 troops were expected to pin the 70, 000 Dutch and English troops around Maastricht in the Low Countries, while General de Coigny protected Alsace against surprise with a further corps.

The army ( assembled by the Duke's brother, General Charles Churchill ) consisted of 66 squadrons, 31 battalions and 38 guns and mortars totalling 21, 000 men ( 16, 000 of whom were English troops ).

Unbeknownst to General Baratieri, Emperor Menelik knew his troops had exhausted the ability of the local peasants to support them and had planned to break camp the next day ( 2 March ).

After the war, 200, 000 Chinese troops under General Lu Han were sent by Chiang Kai-shek to northern Indochina ( north of the 16th parallel ) to accept the surrender of Japanese occupying forces there, and remained in Indochina until 1946, when the French returned.

The European powers then determined to intervene, and authorized the landing in Beirut of a body of French troops under General Beaufort d ' Hautpoul, whose inscription can still be seen on the historic rock at the mouth of Nahr al-Kalb.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

* 1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge – German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: " Nuts!

A personal high point was the reception of the Japanese surrender in Singapore when British troops returned to the island to receive the formal surrender of Japanese forces in the region led by General Itagaki Seishiro on 12 September 1945, codenamed Operation Tiderace.

* 1847 – Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Madero despatched troops under General José González Salas to put down the rebellion, but they were initially defeated by Orozco's troops.