30 January 1959 - The British captured Saiq and Shuraijah ending the Oman War.

In 1954 a rebellion erupted in the interior of the Gulf state of Muscat and Oman over the discovery of oil in the territory. The Sultan granted licences to British companies to exploit the newly discovered oil reserves. The ruler of the interior state of Oman rose up in revolt leading a low level conflict until the British intervened in 1958 to settle the situation.

By the end of the year only two strongholds remained in rebel hands Saiq and Shuraijah which were taken in an assault by the SAS on 30 January. Total British casualties in the campaign amounted to 14 killed and 57 wounded. 

30 January 1959 - The British captured Saiq and Shuraijah ending the Oman War.

In 1954 a rebellion erupted in the interior of the Gulf state of Muscat and Oman over the discovery of oil in the territory. The Sultan granted licences to British companies to exploit the newly discovered oil reserves. The ruler of the interior state of Oman rose up in revolt leading a low level conflict until the British intervened in 1958 to settle the situation.

By the end of the year only two strongholds remained in rebel hands Saiq and Shuraijah which were taken in an assault by the SAS on 30 January. Total British casualties in the campaign amounted to 14 killed and 57 wounded. 

So we have a Sultan, B.P., British forces, & some ragtag locals all involved over oil?? Sounds like the military/industrial complex that Ike warned us about. Well, if you have to fight over something it might as well be black gold, eh?

It certainly wasn't the last conflict to erupt over oil. 

Valour Road is a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) street in the West End area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Originally called Pine Street, it was renamed Valour Road in 1925 to recognize three young men—Corporal Leo Clarke, Sergeant-Major Frederick William Hall, and Lieutenant Robert Shankland—who all lived in the 700-block and individually received the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery during the First World War.^[2][3][4]

Shankland was the only one to survive the war; the other two men were awarded the medal posthumously. Shankland attended the ceremony for the renaming of Pine Street to Valour Road.^[4] All three medals are now on permanent display at the Canadian War Museum in Ontario. The three medals were loaned to the Manitoba Museum in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War. This marked the first time that all three medals were in Winnipeg at the same time. A memorial statue of the three men is located at the corner of Valour Road and Sargent Avenue. The inscription on the Victoria Cross is "For Valour".^[1]

History: Nov.7, 1900 – 3 Victoria Crosses for Canada

One of Canada’s oldest regiments, the Royal Canadian Dragoons has for it’s regimental badge, a South African springbok.

It might seem strange for a Canadian military unit to have an African animal as its symbol, but it goes back to 1900 and an action that saw three Canadians awarded the Empire’s highest honour for valour, the Victoria Cross.

Although not accurately documented, it is said that Canadians on guard duty noticed a herd of springbok leaping as if frightened by something. They took this as a warning of a sneak Boer attack and were able to prepare and fight off the attackers.  The springbok thus became adopted as their symbol.

In early 1900,  the very young Dominion of Canada offered its help once again to Britain during the Second Boer War in far off South Africa after sending an initial force in 1899.

The group,  known as the 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles  with about 400 officers and other ranks, and over 250 horses was the second foreign military effort for Canada, still not 40 years old.

In July the Mounted Rifles were merged into the Royal Canadian Dragoons.  After several skirmishes with the Boers, the RCD’s biggest action occurred in November.

A large British force had moved out across the veldt to disrupt an enemy force of Boers near the Komati River

Upon closing to the enemy position on November 6, 1900, the British general realized the Boer force was much larger than anticipated and would likely be further reinforced during the night. Camping at a farm area called Leliefontein, he ordered a retreat in the morning.

As the column began the retreat a small force of about 90 RCD’s were left to fight the rearguard action, which quickly came. With two twelve pounders and a Colt machine gun, the small group faced hundreds of attacking Boers and held them off while the column retreated.

It is a pride of honour amongst artillery men that their guns not be captured, and in spite of the overwhelming odds, the guns were saved.

The main body of Boers attacked one of the 12 pounders, severely wounding Lieutenant Richard Ernest William Turner, who with help from the Colt on his left flank turned them away temporarily. As the main body passed, Turner was able to get the gun moving away.

Sergeant Edward James Gibson Holland and the Colt then came under attack, and with the gun’s horse shot, Holland grabbed the gun from its carriage and carried it to a limber making a getaway, burning his hand on the red hot barrel.

The Boers were furious to realize they hadn’t captured the gun, merely the empty carriage.

Lieutenant Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn meanwhile continued to hold his ground delaying the attackers as his gun and the others made their escape.  The guns were used  as  Canadians continued to fight a rear-guard action until reaching higher ground where the Boers ceased their attack.

Lieutenant Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn meanwhile continued to hold his ground delaying the attackers as his gun and the others made their escape.  The guns were used  as  Canadians continued to fight a rear-guard action until reaching higher ground where the Boers ceased their attack.

The citations for the three Canadian VC winners (of five during the war) were published in the  London Gazette of April 23, 1901.

Turner, born in Quebec City, went on to a distinguished military and post war career. In the First World War in where as a Brigadier-General, in April 1915 he played a key role in the Second Battle of Ypres.  British Prime Minister Lloyd George said, “the Canadians saved the British Army” as they held their positions against the first major gas attack, while the French on their flank fled. He was knighted in 1917 and became Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Turner  He died in 1961 at age 90.

Holland, born in Ottawa, survived the Boer War and the First World War where with the rank of Sergeant, he commanded the Borden Motor Machine Gun Battery.  Retiring from the military  after the war, he eventually became postmaster of the town of Cobalt Ontario, where he died  in 1948 at age 70.

Lt. Cockburn, born in Toronto, took part in 45 engagements during the Boer War and later became a Major in the Governor General’s Bodyguard. He moved to a ranch in Saskatchewan where he was killed in a riding accident in 1913.

Valour Road is a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) street in the West End area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Originally called Pine Street, it was renamed Valour Road in 1925 to recognize three young men—Corporal Leo Clarke, Sergeant-Major Frederick William Hall, and Lieutenant Robert Shankland—who all lived in the 700-block and individually received the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery during the First World War.^[2][3][4]

Shankland was the only one to survive the war; the other two men were awarded the medal posthumously. Shankland attended the ceremony for the renaming of Pine Street to Valour Road.^[4] All three medals are now on permanent display at the Canadian War Museum in Ontario. The three medals were loaned to the Manitoba Museum in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War. This marked the first time that all three medals were in Winnipeg at the same time. A memorial statue of the three men is located at the corner of Valour Road and Sargent Avenue. The inscription on the Victoria Cross is "For Valour".^[1]

Must have been quite a neighborhood to grow up in. Aptly re-named. 

History: Nov.7, 1900 – 3 Victoria Crosses for Canada

One of Canada’s oldest regiments, the Royal Canadian Dragoons has for it’s regimental badge, a South African springbok.

It might seem strange for a Canadian military unit to have an African animal as its symbol, but it goes back to 1900 and an action that saw three Canadians awarded the Empire’s highest honour for valour, the Victoria Cross.

Although not accurately documented, it is said that Canadians on guard duty noticed a herd of springbok leaping as if frightened by something. They took this as a warning of a sneak Boer attack and were able to prepare and fight off the attackers.  The springbok thus became adopted as their symbol.

In early 1900,  the very young Dominion of Canada offered its help once again to Britain during the Second Boer War in far off South Africa after sending an initial force in 1899.

The group,  known as the 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles  with about 400 officers and other ranks, and over 250 horses was the second foreign military effort for Canada, still not 40 years old.

In July the Mounted Rifles were merged into the Royal Canadian Dragoons.  After several skirmishes with the Boers, the RCD’s biggest action occurred in November.

A large British force had moved out across the veldt to disrupt an enemy force of Boers near the Komati River

Upon closing to the enemy position on November 6, 1900, the British general realized the Boer force was much larger than anticipated and would likely be further reinforced during the night. Camping at a farm area called Leliefontein, he ordered a retreat in the morning.

As the column began the retreat a small force of about 90 RCD’s were left to fight the rearguard action, which quickly came. With two twelve pounders and a Colt machine gun, the small group faced hundreds of attacking Boers and held them off while the column retreated.

It is a pride of honour amongst artillery men that their guns not be captured, and in spite of the overwhelming odds, the guns were saved.

The main body of Boers attacked one of the 12 pounders, severely wounding Lieutenant Richard Ernest William Turner, who with help from the Colt on his left flank turned them away temporarily. As the main body passed, Turner was able to get the gun moving away.

Sergeant Edward James Gibson Holland and the Colt then came under attack, and with the gun’s horse shot, Holland grabbed the gun from its carriage and carried it to a limber making a getaway, burning his hand on the red hot barrel.

The Boers were furious to realize they hadn’t captured the gun, merely the empty carriage.

Lieutenant Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn meanwhile continued to hold his ground delaying the attackers as his gun and the others made their escape.  The guns were used  as  Canadians continued to fight a rear-guard action until reaching higher ground where the Boers ceased their attack.

Lieutenant Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn meanwhile continued to hold his ground delaying the attackers as his gun and the others made their escape.  The guns were used  as  Canadians continued to fight a rear-guard action until reaching higher ground where the Boers ceased their attack.

The citations for the three Canadian VC winners (of five during the war) were published in the  London Gazette of April 23, 1901.

Turner, born in Quebec City, went on to a distinguished military and post war career. In the First World War in where as a Brigadier-General, in April 1915 he played a key role in the Second Battle of Ypres.  British Prime Minister Lloyd George said, “the Canadians saved the British Army” as they held their positions against the first major gas attack, while the French on their flank fled. He was knighted in 1917 and became Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Turner  He died in 1961 at age 90.

Holland, born in Ottawa, survived the Boer War and the First World War where with the rank of Sergeant, he commanded the Borden Motor Machine Gun Battery.  Retiring from the military  after the war, he eventually became postmaster of the town of Cobalt Ontario, where he died  in 1948 at age 70.

Lt. Cockburn, born in Toronto, took part in 45 engagements during the Boer War and later became a Major in the Governor General’s Bodyguard. He moved to a ranch in Saskatchewan where he was killed in a riding accident in 1913.

After all he went through Lt. Cockburn died in a riding accident. It just doesn't seem a rightful ending for a hero, eh?

I was thinking the same thing Tommy especially being a horse cavalry soldier most of his life.

No but Britain has by the thousands, right Art?

31 January 1874 - The Battle of Amoaful.

Even as late as the 1870s British control over the interior of their West African colonies was patchy with several uprisings and punitive expeditions in response. Foremost among the discontented were the Ashanti of the Gold Coast Colony (modern Ghana). Matters came to a head in 1872 when the Dutch gave up Elmina their trading post in the area to GB. The British refused to pay the subsidy the Ashanti had previously collected from the Dutch, resulting in the Ashanti seizing the town in 1873. 

This time the scale of the uprising was beyond the capabilities of local forces so an expedition under Sir Garnet Wolseley was sent out to destroy the power of the Ashanti. Elmina was quickly recaptured whereupon Wolseley marched inland to the Ashanti capital of Kumasi. At Amoaful the two armies met, Wolseley had 2200 men of which 700 were native levies, the Ashanti mustered over 15,000. The British advantage in weaponry was somewhat neutered by the jungle terrain, at one point some tribesmen broke through British lines and attacked the hut in which Wolseley and his staff were conducting operations, The attackers were fought off by a mixture of Staff Officers, war correspondents, medical staff and the wounded. 

Nevertheless the Ashanti retreated leaving several hundred dead, Wolseley lost 16 killed and 174 wounded. The British reached Kumasi five days later to find it deserted. The town was later burnt to the ground. 

31 January 1874 - The Battle of Amoaful.

Even as late as the 1870s British control over the interior of their West African colonies was patchy with several uprisings and punitive expeditions in response. Foremost among the discontented were the Ashanti of the Gold Coast Colony (modern Ghana). Matters came to a head in 1872 when the Dutch gave up Elmina their trading post in the area to GB. The British refused to pay the subsidy the Ashanti had previously collected from the Dutch, resulting in the Ashanti seizing the town in 1873. 

This time the scale of the uprising was beyond the capabilities of local forces so an expedition under Sir Garnet Wolseley was sent out to destroy the power of the Ashanti. Elmina was quickly recaptured whereupon Wolseley marched inland to the Ashanti capital of Kumasi. At Amoaful the two armies met, Wolseley had 2200 men of which 700 were native levies, the Ashanti mustered over 15,000. The British advantage in weaponry was somewhat neutered by the jungle terrain, at one point some tribesmen broke through British lines and attacked the hut in which Wolseley and his staff were conducting operations, The attackers were fought off by a mixture of Staff Officers, war correspondents, medical staff and the wounded. 

Nevertheless the Ashanti retreated leaving several hundred dead, Wolseley lost 16 killed and 174 wounded. The British reached Kumasi four days later to find it deserted. The town was later burnt to the ground. 

So the Dutch paid "rent" for their colony? Ghana was a major departure port for slaves headed to America. This was much earlier than 1874. 

At the height of the Slave Trade several European powers had trading posts in the area - GB, Portugal, France, Spain and The Netherlands are the most obvious, but Denmark, Sweden and even Prussia had similar outposts there. Most proved unprofitable with the abolition of slavery and were abandoned.  

Brazil had the worst record for: slavery, the slave trade, and the treatment of slaves.

By 1888 slavery was no longer profitable and it was ended.

https://countrystudies.us/brazil/13.htm .

That's what brought about the end of the Monarchy in Brazil. The Emperor was on a tour of Europe leaving Crown Princess Isabella as Regent. She used her powers to abolish slavery, but the landed classes didn't like it. The following year they in conjunction with a group of army officers rose in rebellion and deposed Emperor Pedro II.