Explain six reasons why Samori Toure war with French (Franco-Madinka war) was protracted

      

Explain six reasons why Samori Toure war with French (Franco-Madinka war) was protracted.

  

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FRANCIS
Samori was a soldier. He knew how to organize his army and people
1. Samori’s army knew the terrain very well enabling them to employ the guerilla tactics successfully
1. His soldiers knew the French tactics as many of them had defeated from the French army
3. Many of the soldiers believed that they were fighting a jihad (holy war) against French
4. Samori Toure Had a large army of 35000 men. They were well-trained disciplined and equipped with
modern weapons
The adoption of guerilla warfare further delayed the conquest
5. Unity within the army and civilians while on retreat gave samori plenty of time to establish a new
empire and capital
6. Samori Toure Had military workshops that supplied him with weapons and repaired his defective
ammunition
7. The retreat to the east and the scorched-earth policy delayed the advance of French troops of and
weakened them.
francismuiruri answered the question on February 21, 2018 at 11:07


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