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In the First Anglo-Sikh War's bloody climax at Sobraon, 35,000 Khalsa warriors faced annihilation. Treachery, a collapsing ...

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In the Battle of Wadgaon in 1779, the Marathas defeated the British East India Company, though the victory did not last long ...

The world is full of fascinating historic monument and ruins, but what has happened to them in the centuries since they fell ...

From 1899 to 1902 a war between Farmers, commonly known as Boers, and soldiers of the British Empire waged over South Africa.

Full of energy and vitality, and his distinctive, explosive voice in fine form, together with his forest-like beard, Brian ...

In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...

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