Overnight trains offer an inexpensive berth and the chance to cover long distances while you sleep, saving valuable vacation time
Overnight trains offer an inexpensive berth and the chance to cover long distances while you sleep, saving valuable vacation time
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.
