Author: Winwood Reade
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857069689
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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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.
Author: Alan Lloyd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ashanti (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Author: Stephen Manning
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526786036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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This authoritative military history chronicles the significant but overlooked colonial wars between the British and the Asante of West Africa. Throughout the nineteenth century, Britain fought three major wars, and two minor ones, with the Asante people of West Africa. Like the Zulus, the Asante were a warrior nation who offered a tough adversary for the British regulars. And yet these wars are rarely studied and little understood. In this insightful and vividly detailed volume, Stephen Manning sheds much-needed light on the history of this neglected colonial conflict. In the war of 1823–6, the British endured a defeat so absolute that the British governor’s head was severed and taken to the Asante king. Fifty years later, Sir Garnet Wolseley overcame many of the challenges British expeditionary forces faced in the jungle region known as ‘The White Man’s Grave’. Finally, the 1900 campaign culminated in the epic defeat of the Asante at the British fort in Kumasi. Stephen Manning’s account, which is based on Asante as well as British sources, offers a fascinating view from both sides of one of the most remarkable and protracted struggles of the colonial era.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368822810
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author: Richard Congreve
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ashanti War, 1873-1874
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Author: John Frederick Maurice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Author: G. A. Henty
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387319266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: H. J. Ricketts
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: Thomas Snape
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Author: J. A. Braimah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ashanti
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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