ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the moderate length the events of thirty-odd of the most eventful years of Ashanti history: years which begin with Ashanti at the height of its military power and which end with the loss of Ashanti independence and its reduction to the position of a British colony. Ashanti convoys of provisions and ammunition were cut off, and the occasional victories Adu Bofo gained over detachments of Dompre’s forces seemed to bring him no nearer an end of the campaign. The Ashanti plan of campaign followed their traditional threefold type. Adu Bofo with four or five thousand men was to contain the Denkyera and Wassaw, a small force was sent on the other flank to contain the Akim, while the main army marched in the centre straight down towards Cape Coast. In July and August more small reinforcements arrived from England, bringing the available disciplined troops to about 600 men.
