Timur decisively defeated the Christian Knights Hospitaller at the Siege of Smyrna.
Philippe Hubert , Chevalier de Preudhomme de Borre -LRB- Liege , 17 September 1717 -- Bruxelles , 30 May 1789 -RRB- joined the French Army in 1740 and served in the War of the Austrian Succession .. Liege. Liege. Bruxelles. Bruxelles. War of the Austrian Succession. War of the Austrian Succession. French Army. French Army. During the American Revolutionary War he traveled to America where he was presented as a military expert .. American Revolutionary War. American Revolutionary War. Promoted to general officer , his career as a Continental Army officer was brief and undistingished .. general officer. general officer. Continental Army. Continental Army. He resigned under a cloud and returned to France in 1779 .. France. France. His career ended in obscurity .. De Borre began his military career in the French royal army as a volunteer .. He served as a cavalry officer in several campaigns during the War of the Austrian Succession .. War of the Austrian Succession. War of the Austrian Succession. In 1745 he was seriously wounded .. In 1757 he raised a unit from his home town of Liege in what is now Belgium but evidently saw no action in the Seven Years ' War .. Liege. Liege. Belgium. Belgium. When he arrived in America in 1776 , the Second Continental Congress commissioned him a brigadier general .. Second Continental Congress. Second Continental Congress. brigadier general. brigadier general. George Washington assigned de Borre to command the 2nd Maryland Brigade in John Sullivan 's division .. George Washington. George Washington. John Sullivan. John Sullivan ( general ). He led his troops at Staten Island and Brandywine .. Staten Island. Battle of Staten Island. Brandywine. Battle of Brandywine. At the latter battle he proved incapable of handling his troops in action .. Threatened with a court martial , he resigned and left America in 1779 .. court martial. court martial. He was promoted to brigadier general in the French army in 1780 but he was no longer physically capable of active service .. brigadier general. brigadier general