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Ashanti War (1874): A Narrative Prepared from the Official Document by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley Volume

Ashanti War (1874): A Narrative Prepared from the Official Document by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley Volume

Brackenbury Ra, Capt Henry

Paperback

Series: Ashanti War (1874) (Two Volumes), Book 2

African HistoryOther Wars

ISBN10: 1847345921
ISBN13: 9781847345929
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: Oct 21 2016
Pages: 388
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Henry Brackenbury was a brilliant staff officer - one of the Garnet Ring that surrounded the famous General Sir Garnet Wolsey. This is a very serious and detailed two-volume account of the brief but bloody Ashanti campaign - containing a lot of background and logistics. The Ashanti War came about after the armies of the ambitious Ashanti Empire moved south, attacking coastal tribes in the Gold Coast under British protection. After naval forces had failed to deter them, a military expedition was mounted under Wolseley, including soldiers from the Rifle Brigade, the Black Watch and the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Garnet moved against the Ashanti early in 1874, twice defeated them, and occupied their capital Kumasi. In the wake of the defeat, other small tribes asserted their independence and eventually Britain, after restoring order, was compelled to add the Gold Coast to the dominions fo the British Empire. Losses in the war were an estimated 1,000 British and 2,000 Ashantis. This is volume two of the two-volume set.

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