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Show THE A3KANTEE WAR. Karly lai spring the movement of the Ali,iiitecs upon the British sell! lru nls on the pM eua.-t of tuiinra was not. i.l ami ii- po.--ih!e forniiilahle slrenglh touclul upon. Tiie latest news Iron i ihis.o.it irnlieates that the cLml of war has not yet Mown mvr, aikl th;it we may .-till live to record re-cord a r-evcre -trug;,lo between the JRrilUi. Tiie A.-hautees formerly eontiolll J'.ll of the territory down to N tiie vi ry sea eo.it, but in one of their feiuls w ;tu other native tribes a war was ptovokvu. willi tireat Britain, atul, us : ev'U-Mieuee, Lliey were Urivon inl.uul. In April lat, it was reported t'.i.-t thitty liiuusand A--hau-tcis were moving ujon the eltle-ments eltle-ments ami gre..t alarm e.xistol fur ,,oine time. Jiut the prompt and en-ci'uetic. en-ci'uetic. mea.-tucs to repel any attack and guard again.-t surpres was eliee-tive eliee-tive in wailing olV t!ie tluvatening danger. Tiieiv arc many lc-er tribes kvat d between the. country of the Ashai-.tets and iho eoasL setlie-meiits, setlie-meiits, and with ihese war has been waging with more or le.-s bitterness duiing t'ue entire spring. At one time after furious lighting, says the cerropondeiilof the London N.vW", the situation w.i wry critical k twecn t.io diLerenl ravage tbrces. and the aid ofihe ICiigh-i: troops was imploml by the liuudly tiii'es. As strict orders or-ders h;d been given to ollieers io L nd onlv moral sui ivrl to their "pm- j tca.d a!ii-s," thi.- appeal could not be hce-.Kxl and the struggle tinally cr.d.d in a dr.usn battle, b.eh ides retreating with severe !o?sc. d'he A.-ha::Iees are ; p iwertvll though ravage n;uio:i.::o;.ed fur their -.'.ngniii-aiy d:-: i n aiidd- -p-iv-te eour.fge. tVating . the tribe- occupying the ce.mtiy between ih'-m nud i'-' wiiitcs. now -ccni- p.n-babh'. they "ill be brought int.' (iireet coidiid v. itii I'.-.e Kngh-h tiK'ps and a s vere stiagie w'l'.i a repciitiun n:' m..ny of hi S.:e.:i,..,y puui-iuu- V. ne an ; v. . u theni '.-roper tloi I t .i-i. of (.;.:i-i a are coi.u-a-a- :;a Li.i-.:ein aid to the -iiu.i-i,:, o; tie of uardiui;i. ti.e :i:e:.tho;.hu:e. s-0- tb.u ou kek:! o: th.:t uiM.th ii e A-i aut.es :::. r d i.;ge w:;".::n a ::::k ofC .pe Co.i.-t C-u""u:.-:-;:::::g- "ie..::ti:::e zh. c.un.y |