The next was a detachment from Lagos, composed of two hundred and fifty men of that colony's Hausa force, with four British officers and a doctor, under the command of Captain Alpin.

The Adansis, who occupy the country between the Prah and the recognized Ashanti boundary, had revolted; so that for part of the way they were unopposed but, as soon as they reached the first village in the Ashanti country, they were heavily attacked.

After a couple of hours' fighting, however, the advance guard took the village, at the point of the bayonet.
"Next day they reached the Ordah River.

Here the enemy made a determined stand, entrenched behind a stockade.

The fight lasted for four hours, and then the situation became critical.