The Ashanti Campaign of 1900 [Paperback]

This 1901 publication describes the Ashanti siege of Kumasi in Ghana in 1900 and how British troops recaptured the city.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.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.In March 1900, Frederick Hodgson, the British Governor of the Gold Coast, demanded to sit on the Golden Stool of the Ashanti people in Ghana. The Golden Stool had great historical and symbolic significance for the Ashanti people and the Governor's demand was perceived as nothing short of a declaration of war: they responded by besieging the garrison in the city of Kumasi. British troops were sent in and recaptured the city in September 1900. C. H. Armitage (18691933), private secretary to Hodgson (and later himself to serve as Governor of Gambia) and A. F. Montanaro (18621914) were in the British retaliatory force, and as such perfectly positioned to give a first-hand account of the episode. The book was originally published in 1901 and is divided into two parts. The first part, by Armitage, describes the Ashanti siege of Kumasi, and in the second part Montanaro relates the British response.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; 1lc)