Yes on the Abyssinian expedition!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Okay, I will add your vote to a growing pile -:)

Yes! I want to hear about the Napier expedition. Enjoyed this episode very much.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

really pleased that you enjoyed it. Brought a smile to my face, thanks.

Wow, what a great story, so many interesting characters in one theater! 👏 I was mesmerized by the whole affair, especially by the youngest receptient of the VC. I guess British history must be thankful he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Wolseley must have been counting his lucky stars that day! Well done, amigo and kudos to you! 😊

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Hi Harry, with all those stories, you can probably appreciate why I now split it into two.

@harryshriver6223

2 ай бұрын

@TheHistoryChap Exactly my friend it was too much for just one episode or you would have had to gloss over a lot of the details and characters.

Thank you yet again for making such wonderful and detailed videos. We all appreciate your hard work. Also, YES to Abyssinia!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I am glad that you are enjoying them. And thanks for the vote.

I believe that the Abyssinian campaign was covered in Mason McCann's book: When The Emporor Dies. Well worth a read in my humble opinion.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video & also the comment on the book.

Another cracking episode Chris 👏

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. What would you like to hear about in the future?

@allanburt5250

2 ай бұрын

@TheHistoryChap I have enjoyed them all lol. How about some Regimental Histories following them through the period. Some individuals much have seen some campaigning, plenty of stamps in those passports lol

Thanks Chris as always

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure!! Plenty more coming your way.

Good afternoon Chris! Thank you for another interesting and enjoyable video.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to watch it. What would you love to hear about in the future?

Keep up the great work! Love your videos 🫶

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your generous support.

Yes. As always you render each episode with a wonderful diction that makes it easy to listen to. Keep it up!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Fantastic, I could listen all day,, great to conclude with how the all ended up, bravo sir

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

This is one of the best video lecture on the subject I have had the pleasure to view. Sir you come too scratch and delivered a mighty blow. I await your next offering.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video and also for your comments.

Yes, please make the episode!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply.

Chris, I really appreciate the quality of the videos you post. Yours is one of my favorite channels on KZread

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks

Fantastic video. a great finale, please do the Abyssinian story, best regards.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Abyssinia looks like a very popular topic. Watch this space!

A great video, thanks. And it’s a great big yes from me regarding a future Abyssinian video.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and hour comments.

Yes please splendid story well researched

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and your comment.

Another fantastic video, thank you. Yes please on Abyssinian expedition. John :)

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

John, Many thanks for your support.

Another fascinating video Chris. As you say it’s amazing to think of the ‘what if ‘ moments in history

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply. Pleased you enjoyed the video.

Yes the Abyssinian expedition would be a great shout! Awesome video Chris. Interesting caps the British infantry are wearing. Not seen that type before.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks very much mate, yoir vids are amazing. You've taught me loads about the Victorian army. I would like to ask, have tou got any good book recommendations. Thanks

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you are enjoying. Gosh, I've got lots. As a general overview, "Britain's Forgotten Wars" by Ian Hernon is a good start. If you can join me for my live chat on Friday I might cover a few more for specific campaigns: its at 1pm (UK) kzread.infozQnKbbnGjfU?feature=share

@reubendorman

2 ай бұрын

@TheHistoryChap thanks mate 👍

Yes.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

I think I am on to something. Watch this space or subscribe to my channel so you don't miss it.

Yes please to the story of Napier expedition. Great series of talks.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply.

yes i love to hear about the story of Napier I really love your videos keep doing them

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them. If you haven't already, please subscribe to my channel so that you don't miss future videos.

Yay! thanks Chris!🤙

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Yes!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to vote.

yes

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

The votes are flooding in. Please make sure that you have subscribed to my channel so you don't miss it.

Great vids. Never heard of the opium wars

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video.

Very impressive research and presentation. Obviously, a huge amount of research has been done by " the History Chap". In my view one of the best History channels available

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video & also for your comments.

Thanks!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video.

Chris, what ever you suggest, the answer is always, YES!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, great content

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Pleased you enjoyed my video.

Looking forward to watching the story of how 7 Australians won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Lone Pine

@brianhall3888

2 ай бұрын

Hear Hear

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

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Sooo unbelievably important and so very believably recounted. Great Illustrations ! But how did the Royal Navy transport all those ships all that distance? All much appreciated !

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed my video & for your comments/

YES! I would certainly like to hear more about Napier's expedition to Abyssinia.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks and thanks for watching the video.

Yes to Napier! It makes me realise how much history GMF taught me in the Flashman novels, I read Flashman and the Dragon as a teenager. Thanks for your work Chris. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed my video

Abyssynia 👋

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

I think it could be a good one!

@ludwigderzanker9767

2 ай бұрын

​@@TheHistoryChap Your pieces are always good ones Chris!

Hi my favorite master teacher again I learned a lot. The good old days when generals and officers bleeds like the next private..Have to visit the military museum in London I guess . The Tartars at this time were just a shadow since Kublai Chan ,their ancestor sacked Peking first some 600 years earlier..Enjoyed it very deeply and say definitely Yes for Abbessien. As we wrote. Best regards from Northern Germany Ludwig.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch mu video & also for your comments.

Great story!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

What a great story and with such detail, thank you. Yes to Abyssinia!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!, thanks for the reply.

Really enjoyed these Opium Wars episodes. I know nothing about Napier's Abyssinian expedition so yes I would love to hear all about it.👍

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed my video.

Yes, I'd like to hear it.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching & the comment

i know the fitzgibbons family well, they live near me in east devon. They are still contacted by the Victoria cross society, he was buried in india with his VC, but someone on wikopedia put the name of the cemetary, so i think it has probably been Stolen now.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to share. Much appreciated.

Wonderful work which joins many dots in my mind. I have only ever approached Parkes from his Japan period though knew of his China experience and the two volumes by Stanley Lane-Poole and Frederick V. Dickins. Great to have his photo as a young man also. Where is it from may I ask?

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my video & also for your comments.

@IanRuxton

2 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap A pleasure. I have since discovered that the photo of Sir Harry Parkes (photographer unknown) is from an Imperial War Museum collection and is uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Yes! I want to hear about the Napier expedition

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching myh video.

Yes please, Chris!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks.

Yes🤙🏻

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

I was hoping that there might be some interest.

Yes!! Would be interesting!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply.

Abyssinia - one General Thesiger (later Lord Chelmsford) was the head of logistics for Napier in that campaign…

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

He was indeed. Who would have thought that his career would end up the way it did?

I'd heard of the storming of the Taku Forts, but didn't realize how significant it was to the British. "We are all products orf history". I would have that line engraved on every school in America and policy made to teach that huistory the way you do. It's one of the most important ideas there is. Definitely, yes. PS Did you do a vid on the Tai-Ping Revolt? Love to hear about them - and Gordon.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and also for your comments.

Yes. Please.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very very much for your vote. There looks to be a lot of interest so I'm going to move it up my list pretty fast.

yes i want to hear about the Napier expedition

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video & your comment

Yes, please have an episode on Napier in Ethiopia/ Abyssinia

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for you comment. pleased you enjoyed this video.

good one and yes

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video and that you enjoyed it.

Yes please sounds like another interesting story

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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Yes please for the Napier episode

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

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Yes. Emphatically

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply & for watching my video.

Yes please!!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks & thanks for watching my video.

Yes

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your vote.

As for the burning of the forbidden palace - shouldn't have tortured and murdered prisoners of war. Self inflicted injury.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

It was the Summer Palace outside Beijing, not the Forbidden Palace (City). Nevertheless, the thrust of your comment makes logical sense.

Cheers Chris, well told but, in my option splitting didn't work, it broke the flow far too much

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for that feedback. On reflection I tend to agree with you.

@MichaelKng-fk5jk

2 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap Very easy in hindsight Chris. I caught your live. Didn't comment as thought I'd see and would be happy either way, especially with your ability to carry the audience. Then in reality, I held watching until both released, in fact kind of left and forgot. Watched 3 of yours in a row when I kicked myself, Cockleshell Heros just came on line so maybe 4. You as always tell a story well. Always a difficult call on a big recount mate

Yes 👍🏻

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Okay. Looks like the votes are gathering for this one!

Love the history that you reveal. I'm Aussie and Yes to Abyssinia.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply and your comment.

YES

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to vote.

Abyssnia!!!!! Blessings

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your vote.

I know all of the characters mentioned in your excellent (and entertaining) talk from the wonderful Flashman series of books. They are as good a way as any, being both funny and meticulously researched, to get an overview of British Victorian military history. I wholeheartedly recommend them to your audience- unless, of course, they are woke and/or politically correct, in which case they will be mortally offended every third page or so. Mind you, in my experience such people enjoy being offended, so perhaps there's something in the books for them as well. There are also audiobooks on KZread. I rate the author, George MacDonald Frazer as one of the great authors of the 20th century.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

I am a great fan too. I love the way he creates stories around real events.

Yes, please

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video & also for your reply.

A great but little known part of British History, well explained.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks Jen. Currently working on a WW1 story - about William Coltman - the most decorated NCO in the British army.

Definitely want to hear about the Abyssinian campaign.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Tanks for taking the time to watch my video & also for your comment.

YES!

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video

6:05 Abbisina / Ethiopia campaign good. Recently UK return a few items.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my viceo.

Yes on Napier, please!

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply, this will be added to my ever increasing list

So much interesting history and the impact it has on present day history

@TheHistoryChap

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching my video.

Yes please! Recognised the name Napier and took a moment to remember. Read about him in Niall Fergusons book, Empire

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video & for taking the time to comment.

Yes please

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Your wish is my command. Watch this space or better still make sure you subscribe to my channel so you don't miss it.

Yes to Napier's Abyssinian campaign, as long as you cover the wars in New Zealand during the nineteenth century.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and your comments. If you haven; already so that you don't subscribe to my channel so that you don't miss future videos.

Yes, lets here it.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for our reply and for watching my video

yes!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply.

Yes...!!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply.

Yes please for the story of Abyssinia

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply & for watching my video,

Yes, would very much love to hear about Napier's African campaigns.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video and for the reply.

Yes, please.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply.

I have always been fascinated by the Magdala & Arogee battles, The first time, I think, that the Snider-Enfield was used in battle. I would like to hear your take on the campaign.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Consider it done. Please make sure that you subscribe to my channel so you don't miss it.

Awesome.... Ckg out now❤

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Yes to Napier expeditions please

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Imagine un-ironically saying ‘Indian Revolt’ instead of Indian Mutiny.

@WardMan75

2 ай бұрын

Not like it’s basically the same thing or anything

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Interestingly, I have seen a lot of memorials in Britain from this time refer to it as a revolt and not a mutiny.

@davidpnewton

2 ай бұрын

Except of course mutiny is a subset of revolt.

Chris, mate, whatever ideas you come up with, I want to see them.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment,

I mostly know Parkes from his time in Japan, where he seemed to be at turns a thorn in the nation's side and a supporter of it's industrial development, but at the speed he deemed acceptable for them.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

An very interesting character. Might deserve a video in his own right. What do you think?

@davidfromkyushu6870

2 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChapI think so. He's one of those people who aren't wildly famous but had an impact on international affairs on behalf of the British Empire at its height. Though I may also be thinking of him and his successor Satow in terms of their involvement with Japan's development, my apologies if I've misspoken.

YES, YES, YES, please.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha, you only get one vote! It looks like a popular choice so please watch this space or subscribe to my channel so you don't miss it.

Yes to the Abyssinia story

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video.

Yes to Abyssinia, and where is sir Flashman VC?😉

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks and thanks for the comment!

The Second Opium War also saw the last execution by hanging from the yard arm in British history. Marine Private John Dalliger was hanged from the yardarm of HMS Leven on 13th July 1860 for the attempted murder of his commanding officer and the attempted murder of HMS Leven's captain.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video & also for your comments.

Definitely.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Pleased you enjoyed my video.

Yes for the Abyssinian expedition

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

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Oh and,, YES

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply

yes please

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support.

I’d like to hear about Abyssinia, you don’t hear about the brits in that part of the world often!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply and the comment!

Excellent video History explained : Entente Cordial, the beginning The French Emperor is remembered as a tragic figure. Actually, with the British, they dealt with Russia and China in a short period of time. Europe is just a more dangerous place to make ware fare.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video and for your comments.

Yes, Abyssinia please

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks.

OMG yet!!!! I love Ethiopia and have never heard of Britian in Abyssinia!

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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