@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 6 months agoBritish gunship on the Nile passing under fire from an Egyptian fortimagemessage-square5arrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageBritish gunship on the Nile passing under fire from an Egyptian fort@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square5
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months ago Since he did not know the river, he was forced to engage a native pilot, who was strapped and handcuffed to a stanchion. At first the pilot pretended that he could not find his way, but a pistol held to his head quickly restored his powers of navigation. Dude was a piece of shit from the sounds of it.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish2•6 months agoConsidering he was an eager British officer as part of an expedition to put down an independence movement in Africa in the 19th century, it would honestly have been a bigger surprise if he wasn’t a piece of shit.
Dude was a piece of shit from the sounds of it.
Considering he was an eager British officer as part of an expedition to put down an independence movement in Africa in the 19th century, it would honestly have been a bigger surprise if he wasn’t a piece of shit.