Britain's Small Forgotten Wars
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  • Africa
    • Cape of Good Hope, 1806
    • The Attack on Algiers, 1816
    • Bailey's Grave & Auta's Cave: Eighth Xhosa (Kaffir) War, South Africa, 1850-53
    • (The Expedition to Abyssinia, Ethiopia, 1867-68)
    • Asante! Third Ashanti War, Ghana, 1872-73
    • Bleeding in the Dirt: Zulu War, Battle of Kambula, 1879
    • Taking on the Slavers, Zanzibar, 1881
    • The Moonlight Charge, Battle of Kassassin, Egyptian War, 1882
    • Beau Geste: Mahdist Wars, Sudan, 1881-1899
    • Far from the fells of Wensleydale: First Boer War: Ingogo/ Schuinshoojgte 1881
    • Three Graves: The Nile Expedition - Battle of Kirbekan, Sudan, 1885
    • Punishing Okurike, Nigeria 1893
    • Fight against Slavery, Zanzibar, East Africa, 1895
    • Fight Against Slavery, Madina Creek, Gambia, 1894
    • The Fight at Mguni's Stronghold: 2nd Matabele War, Rhodesia, 1896
    • Battle of Talana Hill, Second Boer War, 1899
    • War of the Golden Stool, Ghana, 1900
    • Battle of Atbara, Sudan, 1898
    • Accident & Ambush: 1st Somaliland Campaign, 1901
    • Gumburru and Daratoleh, 1903 Somaliland Campaign
    • The Sokoto Caliphate, Nigeria, 1903
    • Third Somaliland Campaign, 1904
    • The Silent Ones: Asaba Hinterland Operation, Nigeria, 1904
    • The Satiru Uprising, Nigeria, 1906
    • (Abyssinia, 1935-36)
    • The Kolloa Affray, Kenya, 1950
    • (Mau Mau Uprising , Kenya, 1952-60)
  • Americas
    • (American Revolution 1780)
    • Lost Colours: Rio de la Plata, Argentina and Uruguay, 1805-06
    • Farewell, Queen Charlotte - The British-American War 1813
    • (Venezuelan War of Independence, 1811-21)
    • The Franklin Coppermine Expedition, North-East Canada, 1819-22
    • (American Civil War, USA, 1861-65)
    • Cut Knife Creek, North-West Rebellion, Canada, 1885
    • Battle of Coronel, Chile, 1914
  • Asia
    • Farewell to a Fireworker: Invasion of Java, 1811
    • One Shot More: The Anglo-Nepalese War, Nepal, 1814
    • The Pirates of Borneo, 1844
    • Fighting Dacoits, Burma, 1887
    • Storming of Namtow, China, 1858
    • Chin Lushai Expedition, Burma, 1890
    • The Kachin Hills, Burma, 1893
    • Siege of Tientsin, Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900
    • Siege of the Legations, Peking, China, 1900
    • The Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1904
    • The Lost Lieutenant: Russo-Japanese War, Manchuria/ China, 1905
    • The Singapore Mutiny, 1915
    • The Wahnsien Incident, China, 1926
    • (Hsaya San Rebellion, Burma, 1930)
    • (The Malayan Insurgency, Malaya, 1954-57)
    • (Yangtze River Incident, China, 1949)
    • Battle of Happy Valley, Korea, 1951
  • Australasia
    • The Flagstaff War, New Zealand, 1845
    • Struck in the Middle: Waikato War, New Zealand, 1863-64
    • Heni Te Kiri Karamu: Tauranga War, New Zealand, 1864
    • (Titokowaru's War, New Zealand, 1868-69)
  • Europe
    • the Glorious First of June, 1794
    • And he marched them back again: The Invasion of North Holland, 1799
    • The Walcheren Campaign, 1809
    • Waterloo, 1815
    • Call in the Marines: The First Carlist War, Spain, 1834-39
    • Hail the Messiah: The Battle of Bossenden Wood, England, 1837
    • International Occupation of Crete, 1897
    • The Dover Patrol, English Channel, 1914-18
    • Q Ships, Bay of Biscay, 1917
    • Irish Independence, Limerick, Ireland, 1922
    • Corfu Channel Incident, 1946
    • Someone Has To Be The First, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1972
  • India
    • First British-Mysore War, 1768
    • Building Bombay: the Seizure of Salsette 1774
    • "So I may die like one brave soldier": 4th British-Mysore War, 1799
    • Battle of Assaye, 2nd Maratha War, 1803
    • Battle of Deeg, India, 1804
    • The Vellore Mutiny, 1806
    • A Symbol of British Dominance, Nagpur, 1817
    • Arrow in the Skull: Conflict with the Bheels, 1833
    • Siege of Bharatpur, Rajasthan, 1826
    • (The Retreat from Kabul, 1842)
    • The Gwalior Campaign, Madhya Pradesh, 1843
    • First Sikh War, Punjab, 1845-46
    • (Second Sikh War, Punjab, 1848-49)
    • Matale Rebellion, Sri Lanka/ Ceylon, 1848
    • The Kohat pass, North-West Frontier, 1850
    • Let The Killing Begin, Meerut, India, 1857
    • Independence or Mutiny? Oudh, India, 1857
    • "A Mutinous Sepoy", Vellore, 1858
    • Attack on Wana, Waziristan, 1894
    • Malakand Field Force, North-West Frontier, 1897
    • (Tirah Expedition, North-West Frontier, 1897-98)
    • Third Afghan War, North-West Frontier, 1919
    • (Waziristan, North-West Frontier, 1936-37)
  • Middle East
    • Storming Sidon: The Oriental Crisis, Egyptian-Ottoman War, 1840
    • (Anglo-Persian War, 1856)
    • (Aden Hinterland, 1905)
    • The Palestinian revolt, Palestine, 1939
    • (Oman, 1971-75)
  • (Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, 1898)
  • (Siege of Azimghur, India, 1858)







1768               First British-Mysore War
1774              Building Bombay: the Seizure of Salsette
1780              American Revolution
1794               The Glorious First of June, French Revolutionary Wars

1799               The Invasion of North Holland
1799               Fourth British-Mysore War
1803                Second Maratha War
1804.              Battle of Deeg

1805-06           Lost Colours: Rio de la Plata, Argentina & Uruguay
1806                The Vellore Mutiny
1806                Cape of Good Hope
1809                The Walcheren Campaign

1811                The Invasion of Java
1813.               The British-American War
1814                The Anglo-Nepalese War
1815                Waterloo

1816                The Attack on Algiers, Algeria
1817                Battle of Sitabuldi, India

1819-22            The Franklin Coppermine Expedition, Canada
1826                The Siege of Bhurtpore, India
1833                
The Bheel Rebellion, India
1834-39           The First Carlist War, Spain
1837                Battle of Bossenden Wood

1840                Storming Sidon: The Oriental Crisis, Egyptian-Ottoman War
1844                Pirates of Borneo
1844                Gwalior Campaign, India
1845                The Flagstaff War, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
1845-46           The First Sikh War, Punjab

1848                 The Matale Rebellion, Sri Lanka
1850                Forcing the Kohat Pass, North-West Frontier, 1850
1852                The 8th Xhosa War, South Africa

1856                Anglo-Persian War
1857.                Mutiny in Meerut, India
1857                 Mutiny in Oudh, India
1858                The Storming of Namtow
1858                 Siege of Azimghur, Indian Mutiny
1858                 Mutiny? in Vellore, India

1863-64            Waikato War, New Zealand
1864                 The Tauranga War, New Zealand
1872-73           The Third Ashanti War, Ghana
1879                 The Zulu War, South Africa

1881                 Taking on the slavers, Zanzibar
1881                 The First Boer War - Battle of Ingogo/ Schuinshoogte
1881-99            The Mahdist Wars, Sudan
1882.                Anglo-Egyptian War

1885                  The North-West Rebellion, Canada
1885                   The Nile Expedition - Battle of Kirbekan, Sudan

1890                  The Chin-Lushai Expedition, Burma
1893                  The Kachin Hills, Burma
1893                  Punishing Okurike, Nigeria
1894                  The Fight Against Slavery, Madina Creek, Gambia
1894                  Attack on Wana, Waziristan, Pakistan
1895                  The Fight Against Slavery, Zanzibar

1896                  Meet the new boss: Second Matabele War, Matabeleland
1897                   The International Occupation of Crete
1897                  Malakand Field Force, North-West Frontier
1898                   The Battle of Atbara, Sudan
1899                   Second Boer War, Battle of Talana Hill

1900                  Siege of Tientsin, Boxer Rebellion, China
1900                  The Siege of the Beijing Legations, Boxer Rebellion, China
1900                  War of the Golden Stool
1901                   Accident & Ambush: First Somaliland Campaign
1903                  Gumburru and Daratoleh, 1903 Somaliland Campaign
1903                  Poison Arrow: The Sokoto Caliphate, Nigeria
1904                  Third Somaliland Campaign

1904                  The Silent Ones: Asaba Hinterland Operation, Nigeria
1904                  The Younghusband Expedition, Tibet

1905                  The Lost Lieutenant: Russo-Japanese War, Manchuria
1914                  Battle of Coronel, Chile
1915                   The Singapore Mutiny
1916                  The Dover Patrol, English Channel

1917                   Q-Ships, Bay of Biscay
1919                   The Third Afghan War, North-West Frontier
1926                   The Wahnsien Incident, China
1939.                  The Arab Revolt, Palestine
1946                   The Corfu Channel Incident
1949.                 Yangtze River Incident, China

1950                  The Kolloa Affray, Kenya
1951                  Battle of Happy Valley, Korea
1972                 The Troubles, Northern Ireland




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