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The British fought three earlier wars in the Gold Coast: In the Ashanti-Fante War of 1806–07, the British refused to hand over two rebels pursued by the Ashanti, but eventually handed one over (the other escaped). In the Ga-Fante War of 1811, the Ashanti sought to aid their Ga allies in a war against the Fante and their British allies. The ...
The war started when an Ashanti army began their invasion of the Fante Confederacy in December. The first main engagement was the Battle of Nsamankow which happened on 21 January 1824. McCarthy and his forces numbering only about 500 (along with several thousand natives) suffered a humiliating defeat, with McCarthy and most of his forces being ...
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.
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.
The Battle of Amoaful was fought on 31 January 1874 during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War when Sir Garnet Wolseley defeated the Ashantis after strong resistance. [2] The attack was led by the 42nd Regiment of Foot. [2] At Amoaful, one combat post-mortem pays tribute to the Ashanti commander: "The great Chief Amanquatia was among the killed.
1824–1901 Anglo–Ashanti wars. 1806–1816 Earlier wars. 1806–1807 Ashanti–Fante War; 1811 Ga–Fante War; 1814–1816 Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War; 1823–1831 First Anglo-Ashanti War. 1823 Battle of Nsamankow; 1863 – 1864 Second Anglo-Ashanti War; 1873 – 1874 Third Anglo-Ashanti War. January 31, 1874 Battle of Amoaful; February 4 ...
First Anglo-Ashanti War begins in West Africa War begins between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti. With the occurrence of the Ashanti–Fante War in 1806, the groups that had been allied with the Fante people against the Ashanti like the Ga people, leading a series of wars, and the Ashanti, allied with the Dutch, tried to limit European ...
1620–1654 Dutch–Portuguese War; 1664–1665 Anglo-Dutch Wars; 1823–1831 Anglo-Ashanti wars; 1900 War of the Golden Stool; February 28, 1948 1948 Accra Riots; February 24, 1966 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état; April 17, 1967 Operation Guitar Boy; June 4, 1979 June 4th revolution in Ghana; December 31, 1981 1981 Ghanaian coup d'état