Picture No | 10239657 |
Date | August 12th 1865 |
Description | H.M.S Curacoa 1865 |
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Conflicts with the savages of the New Hebrides, South Pacific Ocean.~~H.M.S Curacoa shelling the native villages on the island of Tanna.~~On the 12th August, the ship opened fire with shell and rockets on the bush containing the hostile villages. Midshipman Mr. Cecil Foljambe provided illustrations of the affair for the Illustrated London News.
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Source | The Illustrated London News 18 January 1866 page 48 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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