Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 Ashanti army won the initial battles but was forced back by ...
The First Anglo-Ashanti War (1822–24), was fought over an insult to an Ashanti chief. Sergeant Kujo Otetfo of the British Royal African Colonial Corps, during an argument with an Ashanti trader, "grossly abused the King of Ashanti, and it was this insignificant event that provided the spark that set the whole country in a blaze of war". [ 20 ]
First Anglo-Ashanti War: Battle of Nsamankow: 21 Jan: Chilean War of Independence: Battle of Mocopulli: 1 April: First Anglo-Burmese War: Battle of Ramu: 16 May: Burmese forces under Lord Myawaddy defeat British under Captain Noton, who is killed Peruvian War of Independence: Battle of Junín: 6 Aug: Battle of Ayacucho: 9 Dec: 1825: First Anglo ...
Ashanti–Fante War Ashanti Empire. Holland. Fante Confederacy United Kingdom. 1806 1811 War of Christophe's Secession: Forces of Henri Christophe: Forces of Alexandre Pétion: 1806 1806 Vellore Mutiny: British East India Company: Vellore Sepoys 1807 1809 Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809) Part of the Napoleonic Wars: Ottoman Empire United Kingdom ...
In 1701, the Ashanti army conquered Denkyira, giving the Ashanti access to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coastal trade with Europeans, notably the Dutch. [9] The economy of the Asante Empire was mainly based on the trade of gold and agricultural exports [ 12 ] as well as slave trading , craft work and trade with markets further north .
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.