borborassie

Updated: May 8, 2025

Sir Garnet Wolseley, however, demanded that hostages consisting of leading members of the king's family should be given up as proofs of his sincerity. The king, however, who was in reality only trying to gain time, took no notice of the demand, and the advance continued. At the village of Borborassie, a few miles farther, the Ashantis offered their first resistance.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign

In an attack on the village of Borborassie, in which the Naval Brigade, a company of Fusiliers, and another of Russell's regiment, with Rait's artillery, were engaged, Captain Nicol, who led the advance, was unhappily shot dead, the first officer to fall north of the Prah.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign