Sir Garnet Wolseley, in 1873, marched to Coomassie but, though he burnt the place, he had at once to fall back to the coast.

In 1895 Sir Francis Scott led an expedition which, for some reason or other, met with no resistance.
Now Ashanti had been swept from end to end, and fire and sword had destroyed the major part of the villages.

Garrisons were to be left, at Coomassie, strong enough to put down any local risings; and the natives had been taught that, small as our army might be in their country, it could at any time be largely augmented, at very short notice.

Most of all, they had learned that, even without the assistance of white soldiers, the native troops--whom they had hitherto despised--were their superiors in every respect.
The completion of the railway to Coomassie has enabled troops to be sent up from the coast, in a few hours, to the heart of the country; and the numerous companies formed to work the gold mines will, in themselves, prove a great check to trouble as, no doubt, the miners will, in future, be well armed.
Colonel Willcocks left the headquarters staff a few days after the despatch of his telegram.

He rode through a two-mile avenue of troops and friendly natives and, on arriving at Cape Coast, had a magnificent reception.