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HUNDREDS OF WOUNDED ZULU WARRIORS SLAUGHTERED AT RORKE’S DRIFT [ 23 January 1879 ] On this day in 1879 hundreds of Zulu warriors, injured during the battle at Rorke’s Drift the previous day,  were murdered by victorious British troops. Please feel welcome to post comments below.  If you have any questions please email alisdare@gmail.com © 2019 Alisdare…

THE BRITISH STAGE A COUP IN SHARJAH. 24 June 1965 – The British orchestrated a coup in the emirate of Sharjah to remove Sheikh Saqr, who was considered to have too great an interest in independent development and had even allowed the Arab League to have a role in the small kingdom’s decision making, at…

SLAVE OVERSEER’S DIARY NOTES ON A SUMMER OF DEPRAVED TORTURE [ 26 May 1756 ] Today in 1756 in Jamaica, plantation overseer Thomas Thistlewood, who was unusual in keeping meticulous notes on the punishments he meted out to the slaves under his care, noted in his diary the depraved punishment given to a hungry slave,…

11 MALAYAN COMMUNISTS SHOT DEAD “WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE” 7 November 1948 –  During a counter insurgency “sweep” of the “communist infested” Muar Lenga district of Johor in southern Malaya, British troops shot dead eleven insurgents. They claimed they had been trying to escape.  Another nine men were shot dead, allegedly for the same reason,…

19 June 1953 [ Please note: this article is very similar to one posted for 14 June 1953 relating to the same two suspects ] On 13 June 1953, Captain Gerald S.L. Griffiths led a company of British soldiers into the Chuka region of Kenya to flush out Kenyan Mau Mau rebels hiding in the…