'The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874', (1901). General Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833-1914) led the British campaign against the forces of Kofi Karikari, King of the Ashanti, during the Second Ashanti War (1873-1874). His men captured Kumasi, the Ashanti capital, in what is now Ghana in West Africa. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]
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