General Castles
Many of those medieval castles you came to see will actually rent you a room—often for the same or less than local hotels charge. You can even stay in the Royal Family's Scottish castle (when they aren't at home).
Many of those medieval castles you came to see will actually rent you a room—often for the same or less than local hotels charge. You can even stay in the Royal Family's Scottish castle (when they aren't at home).
On August 27, 1896, Britain declared war on its protectorate Zanzibar, where a pretender to the Sultanate had just siezed power.
At 9:02am, British ships in the habor began shelling the would-be Sultan's palace.
By 9:40, the shelling had stopped, the palace was on fire, and the pretender's flag had been cut down.
At 38 minutes, the Anglo-Zanzibar War remains the shortest war on record.
Some 500 Zanzibaris were killed.
One British Petty Officer was wounded.