Original:  The Benin massacre Boisragon and Locke, the two British men to survive the ambush Captain Phillips statue, Museum of Black Civilisations, Dakar On 17 December 1896, Phillips set off from Old Calabar in the yacht Ivy on the expedition to Benin.
Revised:  The Benin massacre Boisragon and Locke, the two British men to survive the ambush On 17 December 1896, Phillips set off from Old Calabar in the yacht Ivy on the expedition to Benin.
Edit intent: clarity