Here Captain Hall was joined by a second contingent from Lagos, a hundred strong; and fifty men of the Sierra Leone frontier police.

The force has got no farther, but its position on the main line of march is of vital service; as it overawes the Kokofu, and facilitates the advance of further relief.
"That, gentlemen, is the situation, at present.

So far as I know, the garrison of Coomassie is amply sufficient to defend the fort; but we know that they are short of ammunition, and also of supplies to maintain the large number of people shut up there.
"I am expecting the vessel with the main Nigerian contingent tomorrow, or next day; and I hope that this reinforcement will enable an advance to be made." "Thank you, sir! It is evident that we are in for some tough fighting, and shall have all our work cut out for us." "There can be no doubt of that," the commissioner said, gravely.
"The difficulties have been greatly increased by the erection of these stockades, a new feature in these Ashanti wars.

When the Bekwais put themselves under our protection, instructions were given them in stockading, so that they might resist any force that the Ashantis might send against them and, doubtless, the latter inspected these defences and adopted the idea.

The worst of it is that they are generally so covered, by the bush, that they are not seen by our troops till they arrive in front of them.".