Dahomey Amazons - A lot of Dahomey death after the Second Franco-Dahomean War

Time: Saturday Oct 6, 1894

Place: Benin

Details: During a battle with French soldiers at Adegon on 6 October during the second war, the bulk of the Amazon corps were wiped out in a matter of hours in hand-to-hand combat after the French engaged them with a bayonet charge.The Dahomey lost 86 regulars and 417 Dahomey Amazons, with nearly all of those deaths being inflicted by bayonets; the French lost 6 soldiers.

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