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seen from the fort. The Annamaboes were received in the most gallant and spirited 
manner by nearly a third of their force, and for some time the contest was doubtful. The 
Ashantees fired with more regularity than could be expected, and their muskets were 
well directed ; whereas the Fantees kept up a confused fire without taking aim ; they 
however succeeded, and the Ashantees retreated in excellent order, keeping possession of 
part of the village which lay concealed in a valley, and where the Annamaboes did not 
think proper to proceed. The Annamaboes were either too confident of their strong posi- 
tion, or thought too insignificantly of their opponents, to attend to the advice given them 
by Mr. White ; for while they were amused by this small party, the King, with the main 
body, was vigilant in securing the different passes leading to the town, and was at this 
time only three miles to the rear of it. 
Early on the 15th those who were on the look-out observed the Ashantee army in 
motion: the alarm was given, and every man who was able to carry a musket, repaired 
to meet the enemy. As the town was situated at the rear of the fort, and extended some 
distance inland, no prospect of the contending parties could be obtained ; smoke was seen 
to arise from different parts of the surrounding country, and heavy discharges of musketry 
were distinctly heard. Alarm and confusion now prevailed throughout the town, and the 
women, children, and old men, made the best of their way to the fort, the area of which 
they soon filled, after which the gates were closed. The volleys of musketry were 
advancing very fast, and the Fantees were retreating in great disorder : one or two great 
guns were fired over the town with a view to impel terror on the assailants, but they were 
too much elated with hopes of conquest, and too resolute to be affrighted : about eleven 
o'clock the musket balls were heard to whistle in every part of the fort, and the Ashantees 
entered the town in every direction, pursuing the vanquished to the beach, where the 
slaughter was great. 
The Annamaboes conceived, that with the aid of their canoes and their knowledge of 
swimming, they should be able to escape, but they were pursued too closely by the 
Ashantees, whose fury appeared to be insaliable ; men, women, and children were 
followed by indiscriminate destruction. During this work of carnage, the Governor was 
very active with his small garrison to repel the assailants ; a twenty-four pounder, that 
pointed along the beach to the westward, several times discharged grape-shot among 
them, whereby vast numbers must have fallen : a three-pounder likewise, which flanked 
the gate on the east side was frequently fired with grape, notwithstanding fresh parties 
came on much quicker than they could be repelled ; and at length they came under the 
walls for the purpose of cai-rying away the women who could not be received into the 
fort. About this period the Governor* was wounded in two places ; one ball struck his 
* Mr. White, who, after an absence of twenty seven years from his native country^ 
expired a few hours after he landed in it. 
