Stiles/Akin
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2016
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
Quite interesting. Must admit, never heard about such specific reaction from Tsar government.
...so however annoyed the Tsar might be, there would be little legal basis for complaint.
Intriguing question. AFAIK the definition of territorial waters at that time only extended to the three-mile limit - based on the range of cannons - so however annoyed the Tsar might be, there would be little legal basis for complaint about Alaskan waters. A case might be made for the Sea of Okhotsk as Russian territory.
...which was under the command of Lieutenant Charles Boyce of the Bombay Marine of the British East India Company...
EIC forces were under British OpCon during events such as the Anglo-Sikh War, so it looks like it's the first option.when the British Empire went to war in the EIC era, were EIC's forces incorporated into the war plan and used to further tactical and operational objectives or was it enough for the company to just keep her trade flowing and protected thereby alleviating the RN and Army of the responsibility?
It actually doesn't, as the last vestiges of the EIC as an independent military force was wound up in 1861-2. The 101st to 109th regiments were created out of ex-EIC troops over this period, but functionally they'd lost their authority in 1858.And this kinda impacts 'Trent' thread discussions...
I may have to castigate you, after I look up that word and find out what it means.
The last shots of the War of 1812 were also naval, but they were in the Indian Ocean when USS Peacock, of 22 guns, defeated The East India Company armed Brig Nautilus, of 14- guns, on June 30th, 1815. From wiki:
"On 30 June she captured the 16-gun brig Nautilus, which was under the command of Lieutenant Charles Boyce of the Bombay Marine of the British East India Company in the Straits of Sunda, in the final naval action of the war. Boyce informed [Captain Lewis] Warrington [commander of the USS Peacock] that the war had ended. Warrington suspected a ruse and ordered Boyce to surrender. When Boyce refused, Warrington opened fire, killing one seaman, two European invalids, and three lascars, wounding Boyce severely, as well as mortally wounding the first lieutenant, and also wounding five lascars. American casualties amounted to some four or five men wounded. When Boyce provided documents proving that the Treaty of Ghent ending the war had been ratified, Warrington released his victims, though at no point did he in any way inquire about the Boyce's condition or that of any of the injured on Nautilus.Peacock returned to New York on 30 October. A court of inquiry in Boston a year later exonerated Warrington of all blame. In his report on the incident, Warrington reported that the British casualties had only been lascars."
EIC forces were under British OpCon during events such as the Anglo-Sikh War, so it looks like it's the first option.