FIGHTING IN DAHOMEY.
A FRENCH POST ATTACKED.
Paf.is, January 19,
Fighting is reported in Dahomey. Ten thousand natives attacked Kotanou, a post held by the French on the coast. After three hours' fighting, the French shells proved too much for the negroes, who were driven off with a loss of 250 killed. The French loss was 13.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1892, Page 2
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