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Where did Wolseley's Ashanti campaign take place?

  • West Africa

  • South America

  • Southeast Asia

  • Middle East

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The Ashanti campaign took place in West Africa and was led by Sir Garnet Wolseley in 1873–74. The campaign was a punitive expedition against the Ashanti Empire, which had attacked the British colony of the Gold Coast (now Ghana).
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