The freight train was formed Coming_to_be ( from the London end ) of a hopper wagon , a pannier tank steam locomotive , a brake van , an empty bogie flatcar , and a bogie flatcar loaded with Land Rover vehicles .

The expedition was undertaken in retaliation for the Rover incident , in which the `` Rover '' , an American bark , had been wrecked Damaging and its crew massacred Killing by aboriginal Paiwan warriors in March 1867 .

The expedition was undertaken in retaliation for the Rover incident , in which the `` Rover '' , an American bark , had been wrecked Damaging and its crew massacred Killing by aboriginal Paiwan warriors in March 1867 .