La Bataille de Prusse 1809

In the Year 1806

The Wars Of British Interference Elsewhere in Latin America, the British invaded what today is called Argentina as part of its war against France and its Spanish ally. This invasion and subsequent takeover of Buenos Aires by the British was short-lived however, as the English were easily defeated and the independence movement against the Spanish received a boost by the English failure. To this day, the Argentines call their favorite food empanadas rather than meat pies as it might be in Cockney England. One continent over from the Rio Plate is South Africa. Again, there was British interference in the colonial affairs of the allies of the French—in this case, the Dutch of the Batavian Republic. The origins of the Boer Wars a hundred years later are embedded in the Cape of Good Hope colony where Dutch colonists were unsuccessful in fending off the English invasion. The Boers created a lot of grief for almost everyone for the next 150 years. Veering over the Indian Ocean to the Indian sub-Continent, the owners of the British East India Company were showing the world why private enterprise cannot run the second most populous part of the world. introduced in November 1805. Hindus were prohibited from wearing religious marks on their foreheads and Muslims were required to shave their beards and trim their moustaches. In addition General Sir John Craddock, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army, ordered the sepoys to wear a round hat which was associated at the time with both Europeans in general, and with Indian converts to Christianity. After a formal trial, six mutineers were blown away from guns; five shot by firing squad; eight hanged; and five exiled. The three Madras battalions involved in the mutiny were all disbanded. The senior British officers responsible for the offensive dress regulations were recalled to England. This included the Commander-in-Chief of Madras Army, John Craddock. East India Company refusing to pay even his passage. The orders regarding the 'new turbans' (round hats) were also cancelled. Moving Into East Asia Moving across the Himalayas, China was finally able to suppress the Miao Rebellion in the eleventh year of the active insurrection. The Miaos refer to the indigenous inhabitants of Hunan and Guizou provinces who had become upset at the influx of Han ethnic Chinese into their lands. The Han Chinese, under direction of the Chinese Imperial government, were quite cruel and provided a bloody end to the insurrection. There was an even bloodier war about nearly 50 years later. But today, the Han Chinese The Vellore Mutiny of 1806 is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. The sepoys were Indian soldiers who worked as mercenaries for the East India Company. The immediate causes of the mutiny revolved mainly around resentment felt towards changes in the sepoy dress code,

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