What the records say
- When
- 21 Jan 1824
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 7.95° N, 1.02° W
- Description
- 1824 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Nsamankow
1824 battle in First Anglo-Ashanti War
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.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First Anglo-Ashanti War: Battle of Nsamankow – forces of the Ashanti Empire crush British forces in the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “guerres anglo-ashanti : le gouverneur Charles MacCarthy (gouverneur) est vaincu et tué avec six de ses officiers par les Ashanti à la bataille d'Insamankou”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page