John continued "Ashanti is a small African country. British colony for the most part. It's had multiple revolts over the last century over leadership. But Britain is mainly interested in keeping it out the hands of the French and German colonies which border it."

He took another drink and returned the glass to the table. "Lt. William St Claire is a whitby jewellery and also an officer in the British army. London Scottish to be exact. He has been given temporary promotion to captain and has been putting together a group. Solely of men of the army from whitby to be attached to the rifles" he rubbed his chin "he has been responsible for getting your article over looked and dropped to avoid me facing time in military prison. Sargeant Alasdair Maclellan aswell has been involved" he looked at Gareth "2,500 men are going over. With a small detachment of men from whitby whose sole job is to train natives"