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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Momodou[/i] [br][b][size=4]NOVEMBER 11 1831: BRITISH LANDINGS ON THE BEACHES OF BARRA[/size=4] By Dembo Fatty[/b] Mansa Burungai Sonko defeated the British forces on August 22, 1831, who evacuated and left for Bathurst. It would take the combined efforts of the French forces in Gambia and Sierra Leone under the command of Lieutenant Berwick to dislodge the Nuiminkas from their lands three months later on November 11, 1831. The British Town within the Ceded Mile would be called Berwick Town named after Lieutenant Berwick. The composition of the retaliatory force is as follows: FRENCH CONTRIBUTION French brig of war La Bordelaise (war ship) 200 French Sailors SIERRA LEONEAN CONTRIBUTION 5 Officers 35 Marines 28 men of Royal African Colonial Corps 138 Sierra Leone militia The Plumber (war ship) The Parmelia (war ship) And according to Lieutenant Governor Rendall, all these to afford him "..the best means of regaining the footing they have lost and of striking terror into these barbarians." Nuimi always makes me proud. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.