5 JULY
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29 JUNE
“SLAUGHTER ALL THE MEN” [ 29 June 1857 ] On this day in 1857, Colonel James Neill ordered his redcoats on a mission of bloody retribution against an Indian village suspected of harbouring mutineers, insisting that “the village of Mullagu and neighbourhood be destroyed – slaughter all the men – take no prisoners,” adding “all…
19 MARCH
312 PARAS INVADE THE SMALL CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF ANGUILLA [ 19 March 1969 ] In February 1967, the British government had allowed the Caribbean island of Anguilla a degree of self-government on condition that it accepted a subservient status as an associated state of the larger island of St. Kitts, 112 miles away. THE RAF…
3 OCTOBER
THE FIRST LIVERPOOL SLAVE SHIP SETS SALE [ 3 October 1699 ] On 3 October 1699, the first slave ship set sail from Liverpool. The Liverpool Merchant, under the command of Captain William Webster, sailed down the Mersey headed for the coast of West Africa where she picked up her captive human cargo. BRITISH SPECIAL NIGHT…
1900-1919 | Collective punishments | Demolishing villages | Punitive operations | Uncategorized | Yemen
A ‘punitive expedition destroys Kotaibi villages in Yemen
[ 2 November 1903 ] Following an attack by the Kotaibis on a British military outpost at Sulaik in Aden (today part of Yemen), an expedition composed of 600 soldiers of the Royal Hampshire Regiment and the 23rd Bombay Rifles under the command of General Maitland set off in to the hills on 30th October…
20 JULY
GENERAL’S REQUEST TO DEPORT BOER WOMEN TO REMOTE ISLAND IMPRACTICAL. On 20 July 1901 the British Secretary of State for War, St. John Brodrick wrote to General Kitchener, the Chief of Staff of British forces in South Africa, commenting on his suggestions for the seizure of Boer property and the permanent banishment of the families…
20 SEPTEMBER
AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND SLAUGHTERED AS BRITISH TROOPS SACK DELHI. [ 20 September 1857 ] On this day in 1857, after six days 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. However they remained determined…