Dahomey Amazons - The great role of women in the War
Time: 1890
Place: Porto-Novo, Benin
Details: In 1890, King Béhanzin started fighting French forces in the course of the First Franco-Dahomean War. European observers noted that the women "handled admirably" in hand-to-hand combat, but fired their flintlocks from the hip rather than firing from the shoulder.
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