2-798-836 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Fort at Tamatave, Madagascar, the scene of the late affray, 1845. '...a combined attack was made upon Tamatave, a port of Madagascar, by one English and two French vessels...The Queen of the island, Ranavaka Maujaka..had been for some time previous pursuing a most reckless course towards the missionaries; and, in the words of a Correspondent of the Times...had been "amusing herself by burning or cutting off the heads of all the native Christians she had been able to lay hands on - many thousands." Here we see the fort, '...from a sketch taken from the mast-head of the Conway: a, the road taken by the men on landing; b, the spot where they formed on the beach; c, boats landing; d, the spot where the Ovahs set up the heads of the enemy on pikes. The precise form and construction of the outworks and the stone fort are likewise shown...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.