The British attack Ijebu in modern-day Nigeria…
May 1892 CE
The British are successful and occupy the capital, burning the meeting hall of the Osugbo.
The British army employs Maxim guns, according to the soldier-adventurer Frederick Lugard, who is Military Administrator of Uganda from December 26, 1890 to May 1892.
In defending himself against charges of excessive death rates in Uganda from his own use of the gun, he stated: "On the West Coast, in the 'Jebu' war, undertaken by Government, I have been told 'several thousands' were mowed down by the Maxim." (Lugard, cited by Cedric Pulford: Eating Uganda: From Christianity to Conquest, 1999, p. 147.)
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