Narrative of the Ashantee War
Author: H. J. Ricketts
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Published: 1831
Total Pages: 248
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Author: H. J. Ricketts
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Published: 1831
Total Pages: 248
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Published: 1831
Total Pages: 246
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: H. I. Ricketts
Publisher: Leonaur Limited
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781782823582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe British Empire's open West African sore As the 19th century progressed the inexorable expansion of the British Empire gained momentum across the globe. Imperial ambitions invariably resulted in British naval and military forces coming into conflict with indigenous peoples, who understandably resented intrusions into their territories and traditional ways of life. How problematic the resulting conflict proved to be for the British depended on two factors-the martial abilities of their opponents and the difficulty of the terrain for military operations. The more troublesome these factors were, particularly when combined, then the more likely it was that there would be no easy final outcome. It is significant that the first hostile engagements against the Ashanti tribe, of the West African Gold Coast region, broke out in 1806 and conflict with the British continued throughout the century-in at least five wars-until the final Ashanti defeat in 1900 and the incorporation of Ashanti territories into the Gold Coast colony in 1902. This book concentrates on the First Anglo-Ashanti War of 1823-31. It followed a pattern for British imperial wars with captured officers beheaded, bitter fighting in dense jungle with no favourable outcome guaranteed, and tropical diseases which reduced British numbers far more effectively than open battle ever could. The initial part in this Leonaur book is a first hand account of the conflict based on personal experience, and this is followed by a brief overview of the campaign, that adds perspective, by the eminent historian of the British Army, Sir John Fortescue. 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.
Author: H. I. Ricketts
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Published: 1831
Total Pages: 238
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Winwood Reade
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Published: 1874
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Manning
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Published: 2021-05-12
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1526786036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: Henry Morton Stanley
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Published: 1874
Total Pages: 430
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprises accounts of Wolseley's occupation of Ashanti capital, Kumasi, Ghana, and terms with King Kofi Karikari, 1873-1874; and of Napier's occupation of Magdala, Ethiopia, to secure release of British captives from Negus Theodore II, 1867-1868.
Author: G. A. Henty
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-03-12
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 3387319266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
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Published: 1834
Total Pages: 484
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