Major conflict1873 – 1874 · 1 year

Sagrenti War (Third Anglo-Ashanti War)

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Kumasi · Amoaful · Gold Coast · Asante Kingdom

Estimated casualties

4.0Ksingle estimate · no range published

British invasion of Asante led by General Wolseley, resulting in the destruction of Kumasi and British military dominance in the region.

Belligerents4

United Kingdom
Asante Empire
British Empire
Asante Kingdom

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1858)Asante Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFAnglo-Ashanti Wars

SUB-CONFLICTS · 4

Battle of Abakrampa1873
Battle of Essaman1873
Battle of Amoaful1874
Battle of Amoafo1874

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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