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The war grew out of an incident in May 1822 in which an Ashanti trader verbally abused the governor to a policeman, who in turn abused the Ashanti ruler. The policeman was later kidnapped in November. [1] News of Sergeant Otetfo's capture had brought McCarthy back from Sierra Leone, and he landed at the Cape Coast in December 1822.
In late 1823, following the disagreements between the Fante and the Ashantis, the British declared war on the king of the Ashanti; after organising the defences of Cape Coast, MacCarthy set out with an expedition of some 80 men of the Royal African Colonial Corps (RACC), 170 men of the Cape Coast Militia, and 240 Fanti tribesmen under their local chiefs.
Scene from Third Anglo-Asante War 1874. The Asante also used hammer and anvil tactics in wars such as the third Anglo-Ashanti war. In 1874 a strong British force under Sir Garnet Wolseley, armed with modern rifles and artillery, invaded the territory of the Asante Empire. The Asante did not confront the invaders immediately, and made no major ...
The Katamanso War, also known as the Battle of Dodowa, was a war that several tribes united with the British, fought and prevented Ashantis from dominating the coast in 1826. Numerous tribes in the Gold Coast such as the Fantes, Ga, Akyems, Adas were led by the British army to fight the Ashantis.
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Anglo-Ashanti wars" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Conflicts in 1822" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823) P. Pasto Campaign;
The Second Anglo–Ashanti War also known as the Second Anglo–Asante War [5] and Third Anglo–Asante War [6] was an armed conflict between the Ashanti Empire led by Kwaku Dua I against the United Kingdom and Fante tribes led by Richard Pine. It took place from March 1863 to June 1864, ending with a withdrawal of British troops.