THE ASHANTEE WAR: A POPULAR NARRATIVE. BY THE "DAILY NEWS" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. HENRY S. KING & Co., PREFACE. Only one history of the Ashantee War has appeared or is likely to appear-that by Major Brackenbury. The following account is published for two reasons. 1st. It attempts to provide a connected narrative of what took place, with descriptions of the country and scenes we passed through, which are beneath the dignity of history, but about which many are still interested. 2nd. It attempts to answer a number of questions which everyone is still asking. This has been done by culling from the published official documents such matter as seemed to be of popular interest. Hence the book is inevitably somewhat late in appearing. CONTENTS. The Voyage Out.-The Landing.-Meetings with Chiefs.- Further Interviews.-Sir Garnet and the Cape Coast Women.- PAGE The Ashantees break up their Camp at Mampon, and are believed to be falling back on the Prah.-A detached Body of them is twice Attacked by Colonel Festing from Dunquah.-The First Time the Ashantee Camp at Escabio is surprised and destroyed.-The Second, Lieutenant Wil- mot is killed.-Sir Garnet for the first time moves to Abrakampa. From all the Southern Posts the Ashantees |