THE BOMBARDMENT OF ZANZIBAR 



the rule. Her sitting-rooms had to be used as 

 sleeping rooms that night and the next, August 25th 

 and 26th, 1896. 



Next morning, luckily, two more warships, the 

 Racoon and the St. George, the flag ship with 

 the admiral on board, put in an appearance. As 

 on the day before, marines and blue-jackets were 

 sent ashore to supplement the native troops, and 

 to act as guards on the Agency and Custom 

 House. 



Next day all the ladies were sent on board the 

 St. George. Seyyid Khaled was told to haul 

 down the red flag and deliver himself up, if not, a 

 bombardment would commence. 



The outskirts of the town were watched to see 

 that Khaled did not escape, and to keep order. 

 At nine o'clock, three of the warships, the Tknish, 

 Sparrow and Racoon commenced firing. Every- 

 thing was all over in about half an hour, the 

 palace was in ruins, and dead and dying lay about 

 the streets, 500 being wounded altogether. 



The last remaining warship belonging to the 

 Sultan, the Glasgow, was sunk, and its mast still 

 sticks out from the sea in the harbour, and has 

 lights on it every evening at sunset. Khaled, how- 

 ever, made good his escape ; he fled first through 

 some by-streets, and finally through the arms of 

 some marines, who of course did not recognise him. 

 He took refuge in the German Consulate, where 



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