Show WOMEN WARRIORS DAHOMEY to ia situated in western 9 africa on the coast of the quit gulf of guinea and adjoining ashanta a british possession its population is variously estimated at from to As aa far back as 1850 trouble between prance france and dahomey began two years beare ago there was also serious mis understanding anding between both countries cou atries bathey were finally arranged bya by a treaty which permitted the french to occupy the harbor of kotoku and to extend a protectorate as far as porto novo the king who negotiated this treaty claims that french are not abiding by its provisions pru hence he has proclaimed war and to is now march lag jug his hie army towards novo the peculiar feature of this war la is that many of the king of oa 01 soldiers are women he is now at the head of amazonian Amazon lan warrior orr and aad sent rent his hie ultimatum to the french general saying he be was ready for a light fight one of the dispatches from parts paris jel relating to the situation sit dation after the king had completed his army corpe says all dahomey is filled with the lamentations lamentation of parents parent and sand husbands husband 18 whose daughters and wives have been torn away from them by the king 1 J alt it is reported that Be hangin Rehan zin the king before starting out on his march against the french made over a hundred human sacrifices his amazons it is said will wil fight fiercely and to the death in he be had several of them headed beheaded be for cowardice land and this elwot discipline has mid had the effect of making his women soldiers vite quite ferocious there are only french in ID porto now and it ic is feared that they will ull till be mak massacred sacred what an effect this will have ou on the gallant gaul at doat b omal I 1 fancy his bis ejaculations when he learns that his countrymen were vanquished by women |