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Page 124
... force for the protection of our threatened interests there . The force was christened " The West African Frontier Force , " and was soon ex- panded by absorbing into it the small and strictly local defence forces then existing in the ...
... force for the protection of our threatened interests there . The force was christened " The West African Frontier Force , " and was soon ex- panded by absorbing into it the small and strictly local defence forces then existing in the ...
Page 125
... Force had hardly been formed when strong con- tingents were taken away , in 1900 and again in 1901 , for service in the Ashanti war . After the return of these , the Force fought some desperate battles against very heavy odds before the ...
... Force had hardly been formed when strong con- tingents were taken away , in 1900 and again in 1901 , for service in the Ashanti war . After the return of these , the Force fought some desperate battles against very heavy odds before the ...
Page 126
... Force to be withdrawn . Its services had been so valuable that the War Office asked for the formation of a Gold Coast Brigade for service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force , but the Armistice with Turkey was concluded before its ...
... Force to be withdrawn . Its services had been so valuable that the War Office asked for the formation of a Gold Coast Brigade for service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force , but the Armistice with Turkey was concluded before its ...
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