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BRITISH ARMY SHELL TEMPLE IN SAIGON, KILLING ONE HUNDRED [ 13 October 1945 ] On this day in 1945, 5he British occupying forces in Saigon shelled a “strongly defended (Buddhist) pagoda” occupied by Viet Minh and other groups opposed to French colonial rule, killing one hundred. They also summarily executed two Japanese army officers who…

AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND SLAUGHTERED AS BRITISH TROOPS SACK DELHI. [ 20 September 1857 ] Today in 1857, after a week of fierce street fighting, British troops under General Sir Archdale Wilson finally obtained the surrender of the remaining pockets of Indian Mutineers still holding out in the city.  SOUTH AFRICA ACT 1909 CREATES THE…

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GENERAL GASELEE SANCTIONS AN ORGY OF LOOTING IN PEKING [ 17 August 1900 ] On 17 August 1900, Major General Alfred Gaselee issued an order licensing the ransacking of Peking. Gaselee was the commanding officer of a British and Allied expeditionary force. It had arrived in the city just in time to relieve the diplomatic…

BRITISH MAJOR IN INDIA RECOUNTS WITH PRIDE HIS EXTRA-JUDICIAL HANGINGS. 10 September 1857 – The Globe newspaper carries a report by Major MacDonald commanding the third irregular cavalry, in which he proudly recounts how he carried out executions of Indian suspects to a murder without any legal authorization. As he put it “I took on…

THE IRISH FAMINE VICTIMS REMOVAL AND PUNISHMENT ACT BECOMES LAW [ 21 June 1847 ] On this day in 1847, the Poor Law Removal Act became law, allowing municipal authorities in England and Scotland to send any paupers claiming poor relief back to their place of origin with the minimum of legal formalities.  MINISTER –…