The North of England
From the great northern cities of York, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield to the quiet countryside of the Lake District, Yorkshire, and the Pennines
From the great northern cities of York, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield to the quiet countryside of the Lake District, Yorkshire, and the Pennines
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.
