A British Expedition in West AFRICA.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 320, 28 November 1888, Page 3

A British Expedition in West AFRICA.

According to a' report' received in Liverpool, bho British oxpodibion which was sent into the Togo country recently has mob with very serious' opposition, and in consequence a great number of natives on both sides have been killed. The expedition was organised to punish the natives in question for the murder of Che British officer, Captain, Dairy mple. This gentleman, it seems, went into the interior of the Gold Coa&b colony to try to bettle difteronceb between two powerful tribes, who were ab war, and blocking the trade route&. Captain Dah\vmple, it is. said, succeeded in inducing the rmtives, on one side to return to their country, but subsequently ho wub killed by the others. ' The force organised to punish fbo natives for the minder consisted of ICoussa troops, brought from sevoral parts of the Gold Coast and from Lagos. These were under the direction of Engli«h officers, and went from a placo called v Vinnebah. No exact parbiculais of. the fighting u pp»«r to have b-en received, bub from the leport which has reached Liverpool it would appear blmb the force met with very great opposition, as it is reported that about 500 of bho enemy woio killed. The natives wore well armed, and t»re said to have. inflicted severe losses on the Houbsafc, sixty-four of whom are said to have been killed in the battle. The British forco only numbered 200 or 300, men, bub the natives were met with in strong force. The To£o cOuntiy is just behind the Gei man territory ot Baeeida, and after the fight the British governor is said to have sent a communication to the German govei nor of Bageida, informing him of the result.