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Forbes (ARCHIBALD a British journalist)

ARCHIBALD, a British journalist; born in Morayshire, Scotland, in 1838; was educated at the University of Aberdeen. When the Franco- "Daily News" sent him to the front as Prussian War broke out the London war correspondent, in which capacity he "Daily News" sent him to the front as tinctive character and style. In 1875 he was sent to report the incidents of the Indian tour of the Prince of Wales. events in Servia; described the war with Turkey; and went to India to report the FORBES Afghan War, and to South Africa for the Zulu War. Afterward he revised his letters and reports, and recast them into historical narratives of the various campaigns. He died in London, March 29, 1900.