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Battle of Nsamankow
Part of First Anglo-Ashanti War

An Ashanti soldier
Date21 January 1824[1]
Location
Ghana
Result Ashanti victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Fante Confederacy
Ashanti Empire
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Sir Charles MacCarthy  Amankwatia[2]
Strength

80 British troops
170 Cape Coast militia

240 Fante allies[3]
over 10,000 troops
Casualties and losses

187 killed
92 wounded

unknown number captured[1][2]
unknown

The Battle of Nsamankow was a battle between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire that took place in 1824 as part of the First Anglo-Ashanti War. The British force under Charles MacCarthy was defeated by an Ashanti force.

  1. ^ a b Raugh, Harold E. (2004). The Victorians at war : 1815 - 1914 : an encyclopedia of British military history. Santa Barbara [u.a.]: ABC-CLIO. pp. 33–34. ISBN 1-57607-925-2. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Edgerton (2010), pp. 77–79
  3. ^ Stapleton, Timothy J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the precolonial period : from ancient Egypt to the Zulu Kingdom. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-0-313-39570-3. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

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