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| Keywords: FortKumasi 1900 Besatzung B004b-2.jpg Inmates of the Fort at Kumasi The inmates of the British fort in Kumasi Ashanti during the Fifth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1900 <br /> The pictured persons sitting are the missionaries of the Basler Missionsgesellschaft from Switzerland which had sheltered in the fort from possible clashes The white-dressed man with beard sitting 2nd from right is the missionary Friedrich Ramseyer right beside him his wife The civilians are Europeans which was refuged in the fort too Remarkably is the small number of the British military persons and their degree of injury <br /> The British officer in the back row 6th person from left standing is Captain Cecil H Armitage the later Commissioner of the Gold Coast Northern Territories 1910-1920 For his participation on the 1900 campaign he was decorated with the D S O Distinguished Service Order C H Armitage A F Montanaro The Ashanti Campaign of 1900 London 1901 author <br/> derivative work by User MaxxL 1900 other versions <gallery> FortKumasi_1900_Besatzung_B004b jpg original FortKumasi_1900_Besatzung_B004b_retusche jpg digital picture enhancement - proposal by User Lämpel File FortKumasi 1900 Besatzung B004b retuschiert jpg digital picture enhancement - proposal by User MagentaGreen </gallery> PD-old Kumasi in 1900 Fifth Anglo-Ashanti War Basler Mission Cannons in Ghana Fort Kumasi Friedrich August Louis Ramseyer | ||||
