2-979-892 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Sketch Map of the Theatre of War in Ashanti, 1900', c1900. Showing Hodgson's line of retreat, line of advance, 'friendly' towns, rivers, roads and sites of battles. The Anglo-Ashanti wars were fought between the Ashanti Empire and the British Empire and its African allies in what became the Gold Coast, and later, Ghana. The British ultimately prevailed, resulting in the complete annexation of the Ashanti Empire by 1900. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]