Show british and africans Afric african ins right fight A dispatch from lagos the british settlement on the gold coast ot of africa states that the british punitive force under the command ot of colonel scott which started last thursday to attack the cebu and tribes the chiefs of which have hare blocked the trade routes to the interior arrived at epe on the border of the country occupied by the jebus on friday otter after a stout by the natives the british cleared away the bridges in the vicinity of 0 the two towns held by the jebus and set them on lire fire there wits sharp fighting and eight british allies were killed loss unknown when they retreated from the burning towns they carr carried led ii an ay the dead and wounded they did not withdraw f from rom the towns until the fire from the burning houses became so 60 intense that it was waa impossible to longer remain the jebus have interfered with british trade rules and are being punished |