The Battle of Abomey (1892) was the climactic struggle in the Dahomey War between

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

and the

Kingdom of Dahomey The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...

. French forces, commanded by Alfred-Amédée Dodds, were victorious over the Dahomey army. The triumph was pivotal to linking French possessions in upper Senegal with those in the upper Niger.

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Abomey Abomey is the capital of the Zou Department of Benin. The commune of Abomey covers an area of 142 square kilometres and, as of 2012, had a population of 90,195 people. Abomey houses the Royal Palaces of Abomey, a collection of small traditional ...

Kingdom of Dahomey 1892 in France 1892 in Africa {{france-hist-stub