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Between 1885 and 1914, Britain took nearly 30% of Africa's population under its control; 15% for France, 11% for Portugal, 9% for Germany, 7% for Belgium and 1% for Italy. [citation needed] Nigeria alone contributed 15 million subjects, more than in the whole of French West Africa or the entire German colonial empire. In terms of surface area ...
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
Cameroon was initially colonized by the German Empire in 1884. The indigenous people of Cameroon refused to work on German related projects, which turned into force labor. However, after World War One, the colony was partitioned by France and Britain. The French colony lasted from 1916 to until self-rule was achieved in 1960. [48]
French West Africa; Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuni, and Bobo people French victory Kaocen revolt (1916–1917) Location: Northern Niger. France. French West Africa; Tuareg guerrillas French victory Thái Nguyên uprising (1917–1918) Location: Northern Vietnam. France: Vietnamese rebels French victory Uprising suppressed. Occupation of Constantinople ...
A French colonial officer George de Villebois-Mareuil saw the Anglo-Boer War as a chance to avenge the French humiliation at Fashoda - he was however killed at the Battle of Boshof. [ 22 ] The two main individuals involved in the incident are commemorated in the Kitchener-Marchand bridge [ fr ] , a 116-metre (381 ft) road bridge over the Saône ...
Anglo-French War (1294–1303) – known as the Gascon War in English and the Guyenne War in French; Anglo-French War (1324) – known as the War of Saint-Sardos; Anglo-French War (1337–1453) – the Hundred Years' War and its peripheral conflicts, often broken up into: Edwardian War (1337–1360) Caroline War (1369–1389) Lancastrian War ...
A British naval force under Captain Henry Marsh would sail from England and head for the coast of West Africa, where it would land an amphibious force at the Senegal River. They would then capture the French fort at Saint-Louis. Cumming planned to raise support from local African forces, who would rendezvous with the British and attack the ...
This left Great Britain as the only major European power still at war with the French Republic. [5] Following naval defeats at Cape St Vincent and Camperdown , a direct invasion of Britain became impossible, prompting the French government to explore alternative strategies to weaken British influence.