Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-08-12
War. In Africa in Battle.

The English papers received by the Asia contain
accounts of a sanguinary battle in Africa between
the troops Of the King of Dahomey and the tribe
Of the Egbas The Dahomian Amazons fought
braVeiV, but the Egbas won the victory. It is re-
lated in the description of the fight that the King
of Dahomey marched in person, the 18th o.
March, at the head Of ten thousand troops finale
and femae.) and on the 10th attacked the Egbas in
their fortified town Of Abbeokuta--a place of two
hundred thousand inhabitants. The King had
three brass field six pounSer pieces, bearing the
inscription upon the breech of Mexico. 1878"
He advanced till within 6fty yards of the wall of
Abbeokuta, then suddenly displayed bis flags, ex-
tended his lines and marched rapidly towards the
wall The Egbas Immediately opened q tremen-
deus IRE on the lines and arr ested them at once
In the advancing columns were Amazons who
fought braVely and desperately. Many of these fin.
ries climbed the wall, which is more than fifteen
feet high; but, as they reached tho ton the
Egbas dragged them over and slew them. One
Amazon who had one Of her hands cut off in her
efforts to Chamber over the wall discharged her
Eusket with the other hand and shot an Egbas.-
I She received severe blow from q sabre and fell
backwards into the trench. The Dahomians were
utterly defeated. They lost upwards of one thou
sand in killed. and the number of prisoners is said
I TO exceed two thousand. The Dahomians He'd in
two divisions. In front of the division which took
6rst to fight was the doughty King himself The
EgbaS pursued both divisions and slaughtered the
| fugitiVes without mercy and without pause See.
ing the discontinue of the King, the inhabitants
of the neightQring crooms turned out and Joined
heartily in the general massacre or his three field
pieces, the King had the misfortune to leave two in
the keepicg of the Egbas.
Another account says Of the fighting of the ANA
IONS;
Some of the desperate Amazons rushed to the
wall Ton the part defended by the Christian con-
verts aod the people Of geun) with ferocious reso.
luton Llungng ipto the trench and eudeayoring to
scale the WALL othefN attempting to enter the town
by the excavations un Ter the wall they were shot
in the trench or cut down in their mad attempt to
scale the wall. Some An'azons gave the defenders
no little annoyance for ". hen in the trench they
threw large stones over the wall the Egbss and
snatched away about six nus tets from the hands
OF the Egbas in the act of fi,inS; by equal de-.
termination OF the part Of the .Egbas they were
killed.. No fewer than seventy two lead DahopiaRs
Were counted afterwards II. IN the trench at this
point On the wa side OF re walls tn rec ferocous
Amazons actually pAanted Il ,ir baDnert along the
wall but were instantly cat dow1 Their h eads and
hsnas Stuck on poles and e4 tibi!ed e;-er the wall
Wild general shout of vietUry from the Egbas.
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was scntiilatng apparently, Titbthe res Of genius
aaa ue whole bearing Of III. man was suggestive
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nought Goleridge. "if be would but sneak what
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