11 AUGUST

THE TIMES – NASSER MUST BE STOPPED OR OTHERS WILL ALSO DEFY US. [ 1 August 1956 } On this day in 1956 The Times ran a leader insisting that even if Egyptian president Nasser might be legally justified in taking back the Suez canal, his action must be opposed because it was a dangerous…

MASS EXECUTION OF AFGHANS TO “CELEBRATE” THE BRITISH CAPTURE OF KABUL [ 12 October 1879 ] On this day in 1879 General Roberts led a British army into Kabul, declaring martial law and offering substantial financial rewards for the handing over of all those who were known to have taken up arms against the British….

BRITISH OFFICER – “I NEVER SAW SUCH BUTCHERY AND MURDER.” [ 21 February 1849 ] On 21 February 1849, during the Second Anglo-Sikh War, British troops under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Gough gave no quarter to Sikh soldiers fleeing the battlefield of Gujrat. BRITISH TROOPS IN CAIRO SHOOT DEAD TWENTY “RIOTERS” WITH…

THOUSANDS MURDERED AFTER BRITISH LED IMPERIAL ARMY TAKES SUZHOU [ 9 December 1863 ] On this day in 1863, thousands of men and women in the Chinese rebel city of Suzhou were massacred,  four days after the town was seized by British and imperial Chinese forces. Colonel Charles Gordon (later to become legendary as General…

MODERATE MINISTER PRAISES BRITISH REPRISALS AGAINST IRISH CIVILIANS. [ 31 October 1920 ] On this day in 1920  Austen Chamberlain, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer who was considered a dovish moderate on the issue of Ireland, wrote to his sister reminding her of the positive impact of brutal acts of British retribution against Irish civilians.  It…

BRITISH TROOPS MASSACRE HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS IN MULTAN [ 2 January 1849 ] Today in 1849, British soldiers, under the command of Brigadier-General the Honourable Henry Dundas, raped, pillaged and murdered hundreds of civilians, after fighting their way into the city of Multan, located in what is today the province of Punjab of Pakistan. MONTY…