Lord Wolseley
| Date of Dispatch etc. |
Originator |
Recipient |
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31st May 1873 |
Administrator of the West
Africa Settlements |
Board of Trade |
|
Proclamation of restrictions of
trade with Ashanti |
|
17th June 1873 |
Captain E. R. Fremantle,
H.M.S. Barracouta. |
Admiralty.
Commodore John E. Commerell, C.B. Simons Bay |
|
13th June - Disarming Elminas
-boats deployed to River Beyrah -Proclamation of martial
law - Elmina bombarded and set on fire by rockets
- Ashantee force arrives - Naval Brigade Landed -
casualty List. |
|
18th June 1873. |
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
F. W. Festing, Royal Marine Artillery
H.Q., Castle of St. George
d' Elmina, West Coast of Africa. |
War Office, Pall Mall.
Mr. Secretary Cardwell,
|
|
9th - 13th June -Elmina problem (as
Freemantle dispatch above) - Skirmishing
-Army & RMLI
casualties - forces engaged |
|
15th October 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
14th October - fighting -
destruction of villages- column strength & order of
march - casualties |
|
15th October 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
Secretary of State for
the Colonies
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley |
|
14th October - similar to the war
office dispatch for this date |
|
18th October 1873 |
Captain E. R. Fremantle,
R.N.,
Senior Officer on the
West Coast of Africa |
Admiralty.
Secretary of the Admiralty |
|
14th October -Naval involvement-
forces deployed - casualties |
|
31st October 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Right Honourable
The Secretary of State for War. |
| & |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
Secretary of State for
the Colonies
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley |
|
27th - 28th October -
reconnaissance - enemy movements -Mampon - Sweet
River
also letters from E. R. Freemantle. Captain and Senior
Officer; and Percy P. Luxmore.
Commander, regarding Naval Activity. |
|
4th November 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
3rd Nov. Reconnaissance;
Dunquah & Abrakrampa- skirmishing -native allies run
away- casualties |
|
5th November 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Situation improves - enemy abandon
Mampon - cowardice of allied tribes |
|
7th November 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
6th - 7th Nov. 1873 Ashanti attack
Abrakrampa & Assayboo - conditions of slaves |
|
8th November 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
6th Nov. - Ashanti retreat
form Abrakrampa |
|
12th November 1873 |
Captain E. R. Fremantle,
H.M.S. Barracouta. |
Admiralty. |
|
6th -8th November - Naval
Brigade arrive at Abrakrampa |
|
15th December 1873 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
|
|
30th January 1874 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Column positions - intention to
attack at Amoaful and Becquah following day. |
|
30th Jan - 2nd February 1874 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Wolseley's Dispatch to the war
office of the 20th February 1874, relaying dispatches
from the following officers for the period 30th
Jan - 2nd Feb 1874 - Colonel M'Leod, C.B., 42nd
Highlanders,- Brigadier General Sir A. Alison, C.B.,
-Captain A. W. Duncan, R.A., and Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel Colley, 2nd Queen's. |
|
1st February 1874 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
42nd Highlanders capture Amoaful
after being in action for four hours - Captain Buckle
R.E. killed - |
|
2nd February 1874 |
Commodore
W. N. Hewett,
V.C |
Admiralty
Secretary of the
Admiralty |
|
- Naval Brigade at Amoaful -
Casualties ; Borumassie -Amoaful -Becquah- |
|
5th February 1874 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
1st - 4th February fighting -
casualty lists - Becquah, Amoaful, River Dah. |
|
7th February 1874 (a) |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
Secretary of State for
the Colonies
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley |
|
Correspondence between
Wolseley and Ashanti King - Destruction of
Coomassie |
|
7th February 1874 (b) |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
Secretary of State for
the Colonies
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley |
|
Wolseley's report to the Earl of
Kimberley. |
|
8th February 1874 (c) |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
Secretary of State for
the Colonies
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley |
|
Reports from Captain Glover dated
21st and 28th January |
|
7th February 1874
(d) |
Commodore W. N. W. Hewett,
V.C., Senior Naval Officer on the Gold Coast |
Admiralty.
Secretary of the
Admiralty. |
|
Reports regarding the Naval
Brigade received from Captain W. Hunt Grubbe & Acting
Captain Percy P. Luxmoore - Naval brigade casualties ;
Becquah, Amoaful, River Dah. |
|
7th February 1874 (1) |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Destruction of Coomassie |
|
7th February 1874
(2) |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Borborassie Casualty list |
|
7th February 1874 (3) |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Fommanah Casualty list |
|
8th February 1874 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Secretary of State for War. |
|
Desertion of Captain Butler's Akims
after crossing the Prah - Captain Dalrymple, 88th Foot |
|
13th February 1874 |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
War Office.
The Right Honourable
The Secretary of State for War. |
| & |
Major-General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, C.B., K.C.M.G. |
Secretary of State for
the Colonies
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley |
|
-Capitulation of the Ashanti King -
Treaty of Fommanah. - |
|
3rd March 1874
|
Commodore W. N. W. Hewett,
V.C., Senior Naval Officer on the Gold Coast |
Admiralty.
Secretary of the
Admiralty. |
|
- Officers and men mentioned
for distinguished service in the campaign - |
Ashanti woman with her two daughters. |
