Ashanti Campaign of 1900

Klappentext This 1901 publication describes the Ashanti siege of Kumasi in Ghana in 1900 and how British troops recaptured the city. Zusammenfassung In 1900! the British Governor of the Gold Coast demanded to sit on the symbolically important Golden Stool of the Ashanti people in Ghana! and thereby provoked them to besiege Kumasi. In this 1901 book! the authors! army officers who were part of the British retaliatory force! describe the episode. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefatory note; Part I. Capt. Armitage's Narrative: 1. The quest of the golden stool; 2. The first engagement; 3. The rebellion comes to a head; 4. Shut up in Kumasi; 5. With the Lagos Haussa column to Kumasi; 6. Operations against the besiegers; 7. A broken armistice and its sequel; 8. Rumours of relief; 9. Preparations for cutting through; 10. The march out from Kumasi; 11. The Kumasi column's march to the coast; Part II. Lieut.-Col. Montanaro's Narrative: 12. Preparations in the Gold Coast; 13. How Kumasi was relieved; 14. The siege of Kumasi (June 23 to July 15); 15. From the coast to Bekwai; 16. Punitive operation begun; 17. With Beddoes' and Burroughs' columns; 18. Operations round Kumasi; 19. An expedition against a fetish town; 20. A victory in the north-west; 21. Longing for the finish; 22. The close of the campaign; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Cecil Hamilton Armitage, Cecil Hamilton Montanaro Armitage, Armitage Cecil Hamilton, Arthur Forbes Montanaro, Montanaro Arthur Forbes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108032148
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03214-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ghana, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Africa / West, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History