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The Ashantee Campaign - An Account of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War by an Eyewitness, West Africa, 1873-4 (Hardcover)
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The Ashantee Campaign - An Account of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War by an Eyewitness, West Africa, 1873-4 (Hardcover)
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Colonial warfare on the Dark Continent
The British Empire rapidly spread it's influence throughout the
globe during the nineteenth century. Predictably these intrusions
rarely found favour with the indigenous populations and so,
inevitably, the imperial interests of power and commerce were
reinforced by the imposition of military and naval might courtesy
of the British Army and the Royal Navy. British interests in West
Africa proved to be no exception to the rule and the so called
'Ashanti Wars' were fought with varying degrees of savagery and
through eight campaigns from 1806 until 1900. This book is about
the Third Anglo-Ashanti War which was fought during 1873-74. Garnet
Wolseley, commanding a force of British, West Indian and local
forces marched against the Ashanti who had invaded British
territory. The campaign gained particular notoriety because it
occurred during the golden age of newspaper correspondents and was
covered by both G. A. Henty and Henry Morton Stanley. It made
Wolseley's reputation and he became a household name. The conflict
was made singular by the nature of the terrain-often thick
jungle-across which it was fought and by it's exotic protagonists
and this makes it a subject of particular interest for students of
the colonial wars in the Victorian era. The outcome of the war was,
perhaps, predictable and the British both occupied the enemy
capital Kumasi and then burnt it down as an object lesson. This
book is particularly useful because the author was an eyewitness to
the storming of Amoaful by the Black Watch, the storming of Ordahsu
by the Rifle Brigade and the fall of the capital.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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