BRITISH AUTHORITIES DECLARE MARTIAL LAW IN DUBLIN [ 25 April 1916 ] In response to an uprising by Sinn Feiners in Dublin, the British authorities declared martial law in the city and Dublin County on Easter Tuesday 25 April 1916. Two days later, Prime Minister Herbert Asquith announced in the House of Commons, to loud…
BRITISH NEWSPAPER – AMERICAN WOMEN RAPED BY OUR REDCOATS ARE ‘FORTUNATE’ [ 2 April 1777 ] During the American Revolution, tens of thousands of Redcoats were shipped to the American colonies to crush rebel forces. American women frequently became victims of their sexual violence, not just near the front lines, but also in and around…
BRITISH INFANTRY EVICT IRISH VILLAGERS AS FAMINE THREATENS [ 13 March 1846 ] On 13 March 1846, as a devastating famine spread across Ireland, British soldiers of the 49th regiment evicted three hundred tenants of the village of Ballinglass in County Galway, from their 61 homes. The action was taken after Mrs Gerrard, the owner,…
