Alexander Mackenzie Fraser
Lieutenant General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser was a British General. He was known as Mackenzie until he took additional name of Fraser in 1803.
Alexander Mackenzie Fraser
Alexander Mackenzie (1758–1809), 9th Lord Fraser of Inverallochy
The Hanover Expedition, also known as the Weser Expedition, was a British invasion of the Electorate of Hanover during the Napoleonic Wars. Coordinated as part of an attack on France by the nations of the Third Coalition against Napoleon by William Pitt the Younger and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, planning began for an invasion of French territories in July 1805. Hanover, previously a British possession, was chosen as the goal of the expedition, with Swedish and Russian forces under Gustav IV Adolf and Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy brought in to support the endeavour. Key to the success of the invasion was the support of Prussia, a nation poised to threaten France but not as yet openly hostile to the country. Sir George Don commanded the British expedition and he arrived with an army of around 14,000 men at Cuxhaven in November. To bolster the expedition and to strengthen the resolve of Prussia, Don's army was reinforced by 12,000, with Lord Cathcart taking over command.
Friedrich von der Decken, planner of the initial expedition in November 1805
Lord Cathcart, commander of the expanded expedition
Scene from the evacuation of the Walcheren Expedition, initiated in similar form to the Hanover Expedition