CAPPER, SIR THOMPSON (1863-1915), British major general, was born at Lucknow on Oct. 20, 1863, the son of a Bengal civil servant. He entered the army in 1882, and served in the Chitral (1895) , Sudan (1898-99) and South African (1 goo 02) campaigns. Capper was one of the outstanding scientific sol diers of his day, and after some experience as professor at the Staff College he became First Commandant of the Indian Staff College at Quetta. For the three years before the World War he held a command in Dublin and, on the outbreak of war, was given the command of the hurriedly improvised 7th Division, which was sent to Belgium in October for the relief of Antwerp, but was actually employed to defend Ypres and to block the way to the Channel forts. The division saw three weeks' hard fighting (Oct.– Nov. 1914), during which its infantry strength was reduced from 14,000 to 4,000 men. Capper continued to command the 7th Division in France, and was killed in the battle of Loos on Sept. 26, 1915.