Kotonu lies south and east of the Denham Lagoon (see Dahomey).
Here was a Dahomey village, with strange little huts, representative of the African home life.
He took the title of King of Dahomey, which has remained until the present time.
The King of Dahomey, he said, sported with the lives of his people in the most wanton manner.
Our losses in this engagement, including those of the French troops from Dahomey, were very high.
