Vizagapatam was the 2nd to last colony built in India by the British. It served as a Military Headquarters and shipping ports for Spices and many other trades of the EITC (East India Trading Company)

The naval Incident near Moquegua took place on 29 May 1877 when Nicolás de Piérola was leading a revolution to overthrow then Peruvian President Mariano Ignacio Prado. Piérola's supporters used the Peruvian monitor Huáscar ## # raiding ship. She harassed the shipping especially off El Callao, the main commercial port of Peru. However, after she boarded some British merchant ships, British authorities sent Rear Admiral de Horsey to capture ### vessel. The Peruvian warship managed to outrun the British squadron after a fierce exchange of fire. Huascar guns were undermanned, and the monitor fired just 40 rounds. Shah's mast was damaged by splinters. On the British side, Shah fired 237 shots and Amethyst 190, but none of them carried armour-piercing ammunition. Huascar was hit 60 times, but her armour shield defeated all the rounds. There was a last-ditch effort to stop or sink the rebels when two small torpedo rams from Shah attempted to find the Huascar, but the Peruvian ship managed to

[HISTORICAL INFO] Welcome to one of the most famous acts of defense in world History. Rorke's Drift: 2 Lieutenants 5 other officers (Including Doctors) 120+ other ranked. (40 Native Levies, 5 Surgeons, 2 Sergeants, Others are NCOs) 11 Victoria Crosses awarded: - Lieutenant (Later Colonel) John Rouse Merriott Chard, 5th Field Coy, Royal Engineers - Lieutenant (Later Major) Gonville Bromhead; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Surgeon James Henry Reynolds; Army Medical Department - Acting Assistant Commissary James Langley Dalton; Commissariat and Transport Department - Corporal Christian Ferdinand Schiess; 2nd/3rd Natal Native Contingent - Corporal William Wilson Allen; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Private Frederick Hitch; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Private Alfred Henry Hook; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Private Robert Jones; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Private William Jones; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Private John Williams; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot - Surgeon James Henry Reynolds; Arm