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English: The 1874 burning of Coomassie (Kumasi, during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War. |
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| Date | 1884. The source page says published 1873, which is obviously incorrect. I think that "Volume 3" is actually the 1884 "Recent British Battles on Land and Sea" | ||
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From p. 381 of the 1873 book British Battles on Land and Sea, volume 3. Uploaded by the British library to Flickr here, cropped and rotated.
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| Author | James Grant |
English: On order of Major General Sir Garnet Wolseley, British military units conquer on the 4th of February, 1874 Kumasi and burn down the town.
Deutsch: Auf Befehl von Generalmajor Sir Garnet Wolseley erobern am 4. Februar 1874 britische Militäreinheiten Kumasi und brennen die Stadt nieder.
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