History & Governance/ Pre-Colonial Slavery & Colonial Legal History
British Forces by Campaign (British Conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate
3records·6 fields·csv·356 B·West Africa and the Central Sudanic savanna, tracking the lines of march, artillery positions, and battlegrounds of the British colonial forces across Northern Nigeria—specifically profiling the garrison depots, river crossings, and city gates of Nupe, Bida, Kano (Kabuga Gate), Kaura-Namoda, and the metropolitan capital city of Sokoto.·Early 1901 A.D. – March 1903 A.D.
A structured, quantitative military-historical dataset detailing the tactical troop strength, officer allocations, non-commissioned officer (NCO) distributions, infantry/artillery/cavalry asset configurations, heavy weaponry, and combat support complements deployed by the British colonial state across three landmark military campaigns against the core emirates of the Sokoto Caliphate between 1901 A.D. and 1903 A.D.
Source & Methodology
xtracted directly from official British War Office registries, operational field dispatches of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF), and northern Nigeria colonial administrative gazettes systemized within the definitive historical texts documenting the fall of the Sokoto Caliphate
Related Project
project / historical-political-western-sahel →Schema — 6 fields
British ForcesCampaign MetricsTroop StrengthCombined ArmsWest African Frontier ForceWAFFFrederick LugardNupe CampaignKano ExpeditionBattle of SokotoMaxim GunsMountain ArtilleryMounted InfantryLogistical CarriersMilitary AsymmetryImperial ConquestCombat Logistics